Throwing it back
Do you really know me?
Do you know how to flow?
You think your special?
Mr. Know It All
100
What type of nebulizer allows for the most aerosol delivery and deposition?
Vibrating Mesh Nebulizer?
100
I am a gene disorder caused by mutations in a pair of genes located on chromosome 7. Who am I?
What is Cystic Fibrosis?
100
What are the semilunar valves in our heart called?
What is the aortic and pulmonic valve?
100
What value will you look at first to determine if you have an obstructive disorder?
What is FEV1/FVC ratio or FEV1%?
100
What is something that an adult tracheostomy tube has that a neonatal tracheostomy tube will not have?
What is an inner cannula?
200
What is the only nebulizer that can nebulize ribavirin?
What is SPAG? What is Small Particle Aerosol Generator?
200
I am characterized by chronic dilation and distortion of one or more bronchi as the result of extensive inflammation and destruction of the bronchial wall cartilage, blood vessels, elastic tissue and smooth muscle components. What am I?
What is Bronchiectasis?
200
The resistance in which our ventricles have to pump against is referred to as...
What is afterload?
200
What test can be done with asthmatics to help assess adherence to new corticosteroid therapy?
What is FeNO testing? What is Fractional Expired Nitric Oxide Testing?
200
In inspecting an elderly female patient, you note that her spine has an abnormal anterposterior (AP) curvature. Which of the following terms would you use in charting this observation?
What is kyphosis?
300
What machine is this and what is it used for?
What is insufflation-exsufflation or cough assist?
What is helping patients who can't cough with airway clearance?
300
I’ve been around for at least 3 months, and I like to come back for at least 2 years in a row. I’m persistent and definitely not a seasonal guest.
What am I?
What is chronic bronchitis?
300
If you have cor pulmonale you can expect what hemodynamic value to measured via a pulmonary artery catheters proximal port?
What is CVP? or What is Central Venous Pressure?
300
Calculate the APGAR score for an infant with the following characteristics and what you would do for the baby.
The baby has acrocyanosis, has a pulse of 110, has a strong cry, has some flexion and pulls back slightly with stimulation.
What is an APGAR score of 7 and hand the baby to mom?
A: 1, P: 2, G: 1, A: 1, R: 2
300
A 3-year-old boy who is having an asthma attack was admitted to the ER. Which of the following drugs is NOT recommended for the initial management of this patient’s condition?
A. Epinephrine
B. Albuterol (Proventil)
C. Terbutaline (Brethaire)
D. Cromolyn sodium (Intal)
What is D? What is Cromolyn Sodium ?
400
After working with a trauma patient in the Emergency Department, a respiratory therapist sees that there is blood on the patient's pulse oximeter. How should the oximeter be processed before being used with another patient?
A. Wiped down with bleach solution
B. Low-Level Disinfectant with an alcohol solution
C. Sterilized by ethylene oxide
D. High-Level disinfection by glutaraldehyde
What is A? What is Wiped down with bleach solution. ?
400
A 64-year-old female patient with a history of CHF has been admitted to the emergency department on a nasal cannula at 4 L/min. She is coughing up large amounts of pink, frothy secretions
What drug and therapy would you recommend for this patient?
What is Lasix/Furosemide and CPAP?
400
I am not always used but I can be very helpful. I aim to optimize oxygenation by increasing your MAP. I accept permissive hypercapnia, and my inspiratory time is longer than my expiratory time.
What mode am I?
What is APRV?
400
What is the acronym for treating a sudden cardiac arrest? What does each of the letters stand for?
What is SCREAM?
S: Shock
C: CPR
R: Rhythm Check:
E: Epinephrine:
A: Anti-arrhythmics
M: Magnesium Sulfate
400
Interpret the following EKG?
What is atrial fibrillation?
500
An adult patient is panicking and fighting against the mechanical ventilator? Which of the following may be used to control the patient on the ventilator?
1. Mannitol (Osmitrol)
2. Pancuronium bromide (Pavulon)
3. Succinylcholine (Anectine)
4. Morphine Sulfate (Duramorph)
What is 2, 3 and 4?
Mannitol is a diuretic
500
My favorite trick is going unnoticed. I can lie dormant for years before making my grand entrance, especially when the immune system is compromised.
What is tuberculosis?
500
Based on the following information what mode is this?
- Vt: 550mL
- Set Rate: 15bpm
- Total Rate: 20bpm
- Vte: 550mL
- The patient can initiate spontaneous breaths.
- Pressure Support: 5cmH2O
- PEEP: 5cmH2O
- FiO2: 40%
What is VC/SIMV + PS?
500
What congenital heart defect am I?
What is TGA? or What is Transposition of the Great Arteries
500
You have a patient that is pusleless with the following rhythm. What is this rhythm and what should you do for it?
What is Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia? Defibrillate