A Patient Is Being Weaned from Invasive Mechanical Ventilation Using

question 4

Multiple Choice

A patient is being weaned from invasive mechanical ventilation using VC-SIMV without pressure support.The respiratory therapist reviews the following data from the last few hours. What should the respiratory therapist recommend for this patient?

• A) Switch the mode to VC-CMV.
• B) Add and titrate pressure support.
• C) Extubate and place the patient on NPPV.
• D) Increase the set rate to 8 breaths/min.

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Definitions:

Edward Gorsuch

A Maryland slave owner known for his death during the Christiana Riot of 1851, an event that intensified the pre-Civil War conflict between slave states and free states.

Christiana Riot

An armed resistance that occurred in 1851 in Pennsylvania, where African American slaves and free blacks fought against a federal attempt to capture fugitives under the Fugitive Slave Act, symbolizing resistance against slavery.

Fugitive Slaves

Individuals who escaped from slavery to seek freedom from their enslavers, particularly in the United States before the abolition of slavery.

James McCune Smith

The first African American to earn a medical degree, achieving this distinction in 1837, and a prominent abolitionist and intellectual of the 19th century.