A Client Who Sustained a Head Injury Is Intubated and Receiving

question 6

Multiple Choice

A client who sustained a head injury is intubated and receiving volume-cycled mechanical ventilation via the controlled mechanical ventilation (CMV) mode. The nurse would explain that this means

• A) a preset amount of pressure stays in the client's lungs at the end of exhalation.
• B) spontaneous inspiratory effort triggers the ventilator to deliver a preset tidal volume.
• C) the client's own breaths can become "stacked" with the ventilator breaths.
• D) the ventilator delivers the preset volume regardless of the client's efforts.

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