Hospital data:
Beds = 500, Bassinets = 50
Inpatient deaths = 25
Inpatient autopsies = 11
Inpatient coroner’s cases = 2
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Outpatient data:
2 Emergency Dept deaths (both autopsied by hospital pathologist)
2 DOA (both autopsied by hospital pathologist)
1 heart patient (died at home and brought in for hospital autopsy)
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Determine the gross autopsy rate correct to two decimal places:

An alert patient receiving intermittent mandatory ventilation at a rate of 8/min and VT of 600 ml has stable vital signs and satisfactory blood gases on an FiO2 of 0.45. What would you do to ini-tiate weaning for this patient?

a. Lengthen the automatic sigh interval. b. Decrease the mandatory rate to 5 to 6/min. c. Increase FiO2 to 60%. d. Decrease the VT to 500 ml.

What should the radiographer do to help communicate with a hearing-impaired patient prior to putting on a protective mask?

What will be an ideal response?