WorksheetsRespiratory Care Pretest
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Muscles, nerves, and chemicals all play a role in causing and controlling respirations.
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Impaired oxygenation may be due to hypoxia or hypoxemia caused by airway obstruction, secretions in the alveoli, chronic lung disease, and trauma.
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Crepitus indicates air under the skin, or subcutaneous emphysema, and the source of the leaking air must be found and treated.
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CPM helps loosen and drain mucus from all the lobes of the lungs.
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Chest tubes are inserted to re-establish intrathoracic pressure, remove air and drainage, and reinflate the lung.
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You are caring for a patient who has lung disease. Yesterday, the patient was pleasant and cooperative. Today, the patient is irritable, restless, and a little confused. She is also complaining of a headache. What concerns you the most about this situation?
The patient’s complaint of headache. Along with her other symptoms, it could indicate an impending stroke.
All of the symptoms concern you because they could all be signs of early hypoxia.
The confusion concerns you the most because it could indicate the beginning of Alzheimer’s disease.
None of these symptoms concerns you greatly because the patient is probably just having a bad day .
You listen to the patient’s lungs and hear adventitious breath sounds bilaterally. You note a frequent productive cough of thick yellow sputum. Which other assessments will you quickly make?
Perform pulse oximetry to determine SaO2
Assess color of the lips, nailbeds, and mucous membranes
Assess respiratory rate, character, and quality
Palpate for crepitus
Determine how much fluid intake the patient has had in the past 24 hours
A patient who has chronic lung disease is stimulated to breathe because the chemoreceptors detect:
low oxygen in the blood.
high oxygen in the blood.
low carbon dioxide in the blood.
high carbon dioxide in the blood.
When you look at the arterial blood gas results on your patient, you see that his pH is 7.32. What concern do you have for this patient?
He is in alkalosis.
He is in acidosis.
He is in respiratory failure.
He is hyperventilating
Your patient has a blood pH of 7.48 and is on oxygen at 8 L/min. Which oxygen delivery device is best for this patient?
A simple face mask
A Venturi mask
A partial rebreathing mask
A face tent
