During delivery of an aerosolized medication through a ventilator circuit humidified with a heat and moisture exchanger (HME), the AARC Clinical Practice Guideline: Humidification During Invasive and Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation recommends:
A) removal or bypassing the HME.
B) adding additional tubing to serve as a reservoir.
C) leaving the HME in place and decreasing inspiratory flow rates.
D) none of the above
Question 2
Which of the following types of twins originate from one ovum?
A) female twins
B) placental twins
C) fraternal twins
D) identical twins
Regulation of heat exchange in the skin.
B, The tubing of the medication is piggybacked to the primary tubing at the Y-port.
Mechanical ventilation. The photograph shows a patient receiving breathing assistance by the use of
Concentric double-pipe heat exchanger for counter-current flow
Basbaum and Fields’s (1978) model of the descending analgesia circuit.
Change in Blood Pressure through the Systemic Circuit