TMC Practice Exam A + B Questions and Answers 2023
1. A 52 year-old post-operative cholecystectomy patient's
breath sounds become more coarse upon completion of
postural drainage with percussion. The respiratory therapist
should recommend:
A. Continuing the therapy until breath sounds improve. B.
administering dornase alpha.
C. administering albuterol therapy.
D. deep breathing and coughing to clear secretions.: D. deep
breathing and coughing to clear secretions.
See Patient Assessment
2. A healthy adult female can exhale what portion of her
forced vital capacity in the first second?: 70%
3. Following cardiac surgery, a 55 year-old patient has the
following ABG
results: pH 7.50, PaCO2 30 torr, PaO2 62 torr, HCO3 25 mEq/L,
SaO2 92%, HB
14 g/dL, BE +2. Venous blood gas results are pH 7.39, PvCO2
43 torr, PvO2
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