PACKAGE DEAL FOR All CRT/TMC/RRT EXAM STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A 2024

A 48 year-old female is admitted to the ED with diaphoresis, jugular venous distension, and 3+ pitting edema in the ankles. These findings are consistent with A. liver failure. B. pulmonary embolism. C. heart failure. D. electrolyte imbalances - Heart failure A patient is admitted to the ...

A 52 year-old post-operative cholecystectomy patient's breath sounds become more coarse upon completion of postural drainage with percussion. The respiratory therapist should recommend: A. Continuing the therapy until breath sounds improve. B. administering dornase alpha. C. administering albu...

Ascites - accumulation of fluid in the abdomen caused by LIVER FAILURE Venous distention - -occurs with CHF -seen with obstructive patients (seen in exhalation phase) Capillary refill - -indication of peripheral circulation -Normal < 3 seconds Jaundice skin color - -increase in bilirub...

The patient's lung has an air leak - You are called to the emergency department to help care for a patient who was in a vehicle accident and has chest injuries including broken ribs. Crepitations are felt while palpitating the patient's neck. What is most likely the cause of this? Reversible ai...

PATIENT ASSESSMENT: All the following could cause capnography to go from 3 6 to 30 EXCEPT: A. Endotracheal tube positioned in the right mainstream bronchus B. Hyperventilation C. pulmonary emboli D. Hypovolemia - Endotracheal tube positioned in right mainstem bronchus is a problem but the co2 r...

bleeding time (template) - less than 10 minutes erythrocyte count - 4.2 - 5.9 million/mcl erythrocyte sedimentation rate (Westergren) - Male: 0-15mm/hr Female: 0-20 mm/hr hematocrit, blood - Male: 42-50% Female: 40 - 48% hemoglobin, blood - Male: 13-16 g/dl Female: 12-15 g/dl leuko...

Signs - Things you can see or measure symptoms - Subjective information (The patient must tell you) Pack years - Packs per day multiplied by the number of years. Advanced directives are? - documents that provide instructions incase the patient is unable to. These instructions should be nota...

extra pulmonary air indicates: - -pneumothorax -pneumoperitoneum -pneumomediastinum -pneumopericardium -sub cu. emphysema Epiglottitis: - -above glottis -confirm with lat. neck cxr; supraglottic narrowing with enlarged flattened epiglottis -thumb sign Tx: intubate Croup (laryngotrache...

Vesicular breath sounds are auscultated with which of the following - Normal lungs Transcutaneous monitoring (TMC) is being used with a newborn in the NICU. The temperature at the sensor site is 37 deg C. Concurrent arterial blood gases indicate significantly higher values for oxygen tension that...

A patient is admitted to the ED following a vehicle accident. On physical exam, the RT discovers that breath sounds are absent in the left chest with a hyper resonant percussion note. The trachea is shifted to the right. The patient's heart rate is 45/min, RR is 30/min and BP is 60/40 mmHg. What ac...