An Intubated Patient Is Receiving Mechanical Ventilation with the Following

question 19

Multiple Choice

An intubated patient is receiving mechanical ventilation with the following settings: VC-CMV,rate = 18,Vᴛ = 850 mL (10 mL/kg) ,PEEP = 5 cm H₂O,flow rate = 40 L/min.The patient is sedated and is not assisting the ventilator.During a patient-ventilator system check,the respiratory therapist observes the following ventilator graphic:

The respiratory therapist should do which of the following?

• A) Decrease the flow rate.
• B) Increase the PEEP.
• C) Decrease the rate.
• D) Increase the Vᴛ.

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