Intensive Care Nursing/Mechanical Ventilator Management/ICU Nurse Ventilator Management Quiz

{What is not a cause for high airway pressure - Attempts to speak + Disconnected ventilator circuit - Patient biting on tube - Secretions blocking bronchi/endotracheal tube
 * type=""}

{What would be considered normally in the range of a peak airway pressure (Ppeak, PIP) - 5 cmH20 + 15 cmH20 - 35 cmH20 - 55 cmH20
 * type=""}

{What would be an appropriate intervention for a patient whose ventilator was alarming on account of the patient not receiving the set tidal volume (Tv/VT) (choose all that apply)
 * type=”[]”}

+ Suction patient + Ensure patency of endotracheal tube + Check cuff of endotracheal tube for leak + Ensure ventilator is connected to patient

{Which of the following is not a volume based mode of ventilation? - APRV - IMV + PC-CMV - VC-CMV
 * type=""}

{The ventilator dependent patient has the following ventilator settings: VC-CMV, f=14, tv=300mL, FiO2=0.35, PEEP=5. In mL, what is their minute volume (Ve/MV)? { 4200 2%_4 }
 * type="{}"}

{Which of the following would be a concerning finding on an arterial blood gas (ABG)? - pH=7.37 + PaO2=59 - PaCO2=39 - HCO3=25
 * type=""}