Muscle cells contain cylinders called ________

The ventilator mode that would be most appropriate to iatrogenically induce hyperventilation to manage a closed head injury patient with severely elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) is which of the following?

a. Volume support ventilation (VSV) b. Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) c. Pressure-controlled continuous mandatory ventilation (PC-CMV) d. Volume-controlled intermittent mandatory ventilation (VC-IMV)

You are performing a Townes projection on a elderly patient who is unable to tuck her chin due to severe arthritis. The OML is approximately 20° extended rather than perpendicular to the IR. How should the technologist proceed?

A. Add 30° of caudal angulation to compensate B. Add 20° of caudal angulation to compensate C. Add 20° of cephalic angulation to compensate D. Reverse the position. Perform PA at the upright bucky