A Patient Who Is Mechanically Ventilated Requires a High Level

question 4

Multiple Choice

A patient who is mechanically ventilated requires a high level of positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) .The nurse would monitor for which findings indicating possible barotrauma? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.

• A)Sudden increase in systolic blood pressure.
• B)Absent breath sounds.
• C)Subcutaneous emphysema across the anterior chest.
• D)Patient is somnolent.
• E)Sudden deterioration of arterial blood gas (ABGs).

Describe gas exchange mechanisms in aquatic and terrestrial organisms without a circulatory system.

Understand the evolution and adaptation of the vertebrate circulatory system, including transitions from single to double circulatory systems.

Understand how substances are transported in closed circulatory systems.

Explain the physiological mechanisms of blood pressure and cardiac cycle in vertebrates.

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