You Are Assessing a Patient with COPD Who Uses an Oxygen

question 43

Multiple Choice

You are assessing a patient with COPD who uses an oxygen concentrator. As such, you recognize:

• A) the patient cannot leave home with the concentrator.
• B) the patient has a tracheostomy tube with oxygen attachement.
• C) the patient requires less than 6 lpm of oxygen.
• D) the oxygen device humidifies the O₂ prior to delivery.

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