RRT Study Guide NBRC Latest Update -

RRT Study Guide (NBRC) Latest Update -

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12 lead ECG - CORRECT ANSWER: Limb leads: I, II, II, AVR, AVL, AVF

Chest leads: V₁ , V₂ , V₃ , V₄ , V₅ , V₆

6 Minute walk test - CORRECT ANSWER: Change in exercise capacity over time

A neonatal patient has a pink color, a pulse rate of 102, and a respiration rate of 27. She grimaces in response to stimuli, has limited muscle movement. This patient has an

APGAR score of? - CORRECT ANSWER: 7

A newborn has a strong cry and is actively moving his blue extremities when stimulated.

Vital signs are P140, R48. What is his APGAR score? - CORRECT ANSWER: 9

A newly delivered infanthas a pink trunk and blue hands and feet, pulse rate of 60 and does not respond to your attempts to stimulate her. She also appears to be limp and

taking slow, gasping breaths. What is her APGAR score? - CORRECT ANSWER: 3

Acid-fast testing - CORRECT ANSWER: Used after a gram stain to detect TB

Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT): Normal - CORRECT ANSWER: 24-32 sec.

Active expiration - CORRECT ANSWER: High and variable expiratory flow pattern

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ADL - CORRECT ANSWER: Activities of daily living

Adventitious - CORRECT ANSWER: Abnormal breath sounds

After assisting in the delivery of a newborn the infant is pale and limp, has a slow heartbeat but shows some respiratory effort. What APGAR score would you give this

infant? - CORRECT ANSWER: 2

Air trapping - CORRECT ANSWER: Decreased lung elastance (COPD)

Expiratory flow tapers off and enters prolonged low-flow state

Air-oxygen proportioners (blenders) - CORRECT ANSWER: Control mixing of air and

oxygen to obtain specific FiO2

Used with NRB

Airway assessment: Percussion - CORRECT ANSWER: Normal lungs: low pitched sound, heard easily, (tympanic)

Dampend: Decreased resonance (pneumonia, atelectasis, tumor)

Airway secretions - CORRECT ANSWER: Sawtooth pattern

Alveolar arterial gradient - CORRECT ANSWER: P(A-a)O2

Helps in diagnosing the source of hypoxemia

Amounts of sputum - CORRECT ANSWER: Small, moderate, large, copious

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APGAR - CORRECT ANSWER: Airway, pulse, grimace, appearance and response

>7 normal

≤6 abnormal

Apical lordotic - CORRECT ANSWER: Top down/looking down

Apnea monitoring - CORRECT ANSWER: Alert clinicians of recurrent apnea,

bradycardia, and hypoxemia

ARDS - CORRECT ANSWER: Bi-lateral white out

Ground glass

Heart normal size

ARDS or IRDS: Description - CORRECT ANSWER: Reticulongranular

Reticulonodular

ARDS or IRDS: Terminology - CORRECT ANSWER: Ground glass appearance

Honeycomb pattern

Diffuse bilateral radiopacity

ARDS or IRDS: Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER: Oxygen, low VT or PIP, CPAP, PEEP

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Ascites - CORRECT ANSWER: Accumulation of fluid in the abdomen

Caused by liver failure

Assessment of tube position - CORRECT ANSWER: Inspection- Look for bilateral chest expansion

CXR- 2-6cm above carina or at the aortic knob/notch (best indicator)

Asymetrical - CORRECT ANSWER: Unequal

Asymmetrical chest movements - CORRECT ANSWER: Uneven expansion of chest

wall during inhalation

Pleural effusion, consolidation

Asystole - CORRECT ANSWER: Confirm in 2 leads first

CPR, Epinephrine

Atelectasis: Description - CORRECT ANSWER: Scattered densities

Thin-layered densities

Atelectasis: Terminology - CORRECT ANSWER: Patchy infiltrates

Platelike infiltrates

Crowded pulmonary vessels

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