MOCK TMC LEVEL TWO QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
A PATIENT HAS THE FOLLOWING ABG.
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PHO7.37, OPAO2 O50 OMM OHG, OPACO2 O50 OMM OHG, OHCO3 O 25 OM EQ/L, OPAO2 O449 OMM OHG
THE P(A-A)O2 IS: - ANSWER 399 TORR
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A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST IS ASKED TO ASSESS A 16-YEAR-
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OLD GIRL WITH A SEVERE HEAD COLD WHO IS RECEIVING 4 L/ MIN O2 VIA NASAL CANNULA. T HE PATIENT IS ALER
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T AND AWAKE AND IS COMPLAINING THAT SHE CANNOT BREATHE THROUGH HER NOSE . HER SPO2 IS 84%. WHIC
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H ACTION SHOULD THE RESPIRATORY THERAPIST TAKE ? - ANSWER C HANGE TO A SIMPLE O2 MASK AT 5-
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7 L/MIN
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WHILE SUCTIONING A PATIENT THERE IS AN ABRUPT CHANGE IN THE ECG WAVEFORM DISPLAYED ON THE CARDIA
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C MONITOR. T HE SPO2 DROPS PRECIPITOUSLY . W HICH OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS SHOULD A RRT TAKE NEXT?
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- ANSWER STOP SUCTIONING AND IMMEDIATELY ADMINISTER OXYGEN
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LUNG RECRUITMENT MANEUVERS, RM, FOR PATIENTS WITH ARDS IS MOST LIKELY TO BE SUCCESSFUL : -
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OANSWER EARLY IN THE COURSE OF ARDS ONCE THE PATIENT IS STABILIZED
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A MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENT HAS A VD/VT RATIO OF 0.62. THE RESPIRATORY THERAPIST SHOULD REC
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OMMEND: - ANSWER INCREASING VT O O O O
TO EVALUATE AND FOLLOW THE COURSE OF A PATIENT WITH INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE , WHICH OF THE FOLLOWI
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NG PROCEDURES SHOULD THE RRT RECOMMEND? - ANSWER DIFFUSING CAPACITY (DLCO)
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A PATIENT WITH ACUTE BRONCHITIS IS RECEIVING MECHANICAL VENTILATION. WHEEZING IS HEARD OVER ALL LUN
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G FIELDS, AND RHONCHI ARE HEARD OVER THE CENTRAL AIRWAYS. SECRETIONS ARE THICK . T HE PATIENT' S PEAK P
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RESSURE IS 45 CM H2O, PLATEAU PRESSURE IS 20 CM H2O. ALL OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE USEFUL TO TREA
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T THE PATIENT EXCEPT: - ANSWER PANCURONIUM BROMIDE (PAVULON)
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AN ADULT PRESSURE RELEASE VALVE ON A BVM DEVICE IS MOST LIKELY TO VENT PRESSURES EXCEEDING : -
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ANSWER 45 CM H2O OR GREATER
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,METHEMOGLOBINEMIA EXCEEDING 30% IS BEST TREATED WITH: - O O O O O O O
ANSWER METHYLENE BLUE OR ASCORBIC ACID
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AN APNEA MONITOR ON A PREMATURE INFANT INDICATES ABNORMAL DECREASE IN RESPIRATORY RATE AND ABN
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ORMAL INCREASE IN HEART RATE . WHAT IS THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE OF THESE RESULTS? - ANSWER HYPOXEMIA
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WHILE TAKING AN AEROSOL TREATMENT WITH 0.25 MG ALBUTEROL , A PATIENT SUDDENLY LOSES CONSCIOUSNESS
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. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE FIRST PROCEDURE THE RRT SHOULD PERFORM TO MAINTAIN A PATENT AIRW
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AY FOR THE PATIENT? - ANSWER APPLY THE HEAD-TILT/ CHIN- LIFT MANEUVER
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WHEN CHECKING A CHEST X-
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RAYOFOR OPROPEROENDOTRACHEAL OTUBE OPLACEMENT OIT OISO NOTEDOTHATOTHE ODISTAL OTIP OOF OTHE OTUBE OISO2 OCM OABOV
E OTHE OCARINA. OW HICH OOF OTHE OFOLLOWING OIS OTHE OMOSTOAPPROPRIATE OACTION? O-
O ANSWER WITHDRAW THE ETT BY 2-3 CM
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A 23- O
YEAROOLD OFIRE O FIGHTER OIS O ADMITTED OWITH O SUSPECTED OSMOKE OINHALATION. OT HE ORRT OPLACESOHIM OON O AO NON-
REBREATHING OMASK. OWHAT OISOTHE OMOSTO APPROPRIATE OMETHOD OOFOMONITORING OTHE OPATIENT 'S OOXYGENATION? O
- ANSWER HEMOXIMETRY ANALYSIS
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IN THE LAB RESULTS SECTION OF A PATIENT 'S MEDICAL RECORD, THE OVERALL WBC IS SHOWN AS 22,000 FOR A
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FEBRILE PATIENT WHO APPEARS ACUTELY ILL AND IN MODERATE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS. WHAT IS THE MOST LIKEL
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Y DIAGNOSIS? - ANSWER BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOULD THE RRT RECOMMEND? - ANSWER ADD PRESSURE SUPPORT
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, A PATIENT PRESENTS WITH MORBID OBESITY, ANASARCA, AND ASCITES. THE RESPIRATORY THERAPIST SHOULD MO
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ST EXPECT : - ANSWER REDUCED CHEST COMPLIANCE AND INCREASED PPLAT
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A PHYSICIAN SPECIFIES THE FOLLOWING IN HER RESPIRATORY THERAPY ORDERS THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVE FOR A
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PATIENT WITH AN ARTIFICIAL AIRWAY : "OVERCOME THE PATIENT ' S HUMIDITY DEFICIT ". T HE BEST INTERVENTION T
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O ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE IS: - ANSWER LARGE -RESERVOIR HEATED JET NEBULIZER
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A 56-
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YO OPATIENT OWITH ONO OKNOWN OLUNG ODISEASE OIS ORECEIVING O MIDAZALOM O(VERSED) O ANDO HAS OA OPAO2 OOFO42 OMM OH
G. OT HE OFOLLOWING OCLINICAL O DATAOIS OAVAILABLE OONOTHE OPATIENT .
RR IS 12/MIN, VT 3 ML/KG, FIO2 0.50, PEEP 15 CM H2O, PMAX 35 CM H2O
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THE RESPIRATORY THERAPIST SHOULD RECOMMEND: - ANSWER INCREASING VT
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WHEN A PATIENT IS BREATHING ROOM AIR, AND THE R VALUE IS CONSTANT, THEN THE SUM OF PAO2 + PACO2
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SHOULD EQUAL ABOUT : - ANSWER 140 MM HG
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A PHYSICIAN ORDERS O2 THERAPY PER PROTOCOL FOR AN OTHERWISE HEALTHY POSTOPERATIVE PATIENT WHO H
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AS A PAO2 OF 52 TORR ON ROOM AIR. AFTER INITIATING A NASAL CANNULA AT 2 L/ MIN AND REPEATING AN AR
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TERIAL BLOOD GAS, THE PATIENT ' S P AOS IS NOW 50 TORR. WHICH ACTION SHOULD THE RRT TAKE ? -
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OANSWER INCREASE OXYGEN FLOW AND REASSESS THE PATIENT
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A TODDLER IS RECEIVING VOLUME CONTROL A/C VENTILATION. TO MINIMIZE VOLUME LOSS DUE TO COMPRESSIO
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N AND TUBING EXPANSION, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOULD A RRT SELECT ? - ANSWER LOW-
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COMPLIANCE OTUBING
A PHYSICIAN IS INSISTENT IN GETTING STAT ABG RESULTS FOR A PATIENT CRASHING IN THE ICU. THE RT DRAWS
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THE ABG AND TAKES THE SPECIMEN TO THE BLOOD GAS ANALYZER . T HERE IS A CALIBRATION ERROR MESSAGE ON
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OTHE ANALYZER. T HE THERAPIST SEES THAT THE LAST QUALITY CONTROL RESULTS WERE OUT OF RANGE FOR PACO
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2 BY -5 MM HG. THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO: -
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OANSWER RECALIBRATE AND REPEAT QUALITY CONTROL TO WITHIN CONTROL LIMITS
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FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PATIENTS SHOULD A RRT CAREFULLY MONITOR CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION DURI
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NG APPLICATION OF INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE BREATHING (IPPB)?
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