________ rooms should only contain furnishings and equipment needed to examine a patient

You have arrived on the scene to help a child who is short of breath. The mother is screaming hysterically that her 3-year-old boy cannot breathe, making assessment of the patient very difficult. Your initial action in the management of this situation would be to:

A) inform the mother that you will call the police if she does not calm down. B) quickly remove the child to the ambulance and assess while transporting. C) summon the police to the residence to subdue the mother. D) have your partner talk to the mother while you assess the child.

Intermittent breaths by mouthpiece with a pressure-cycled ventilator are being administered to a patient who is post bariatric surgery. The respiratory therapist notices the ventilator cycles into exhalation immediately after the inhalation phase begins, causing a rapid cycle of the machine. Which of the following could be the cause?

A. excessive inspiratory pressure settings B. occlusion of the mouthpiece C. faulty air-entrainment valve D. inadequate flow rate