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Chest Physiotherapy: Postural Drainage (Respiratory Therapy)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When performing chest physiotherapy for a patient with continuous tube feeding, what action should the RT take? | Ensure that an order is in place to stop the feeding before therapy begins and for at least 2 hours after the treatment ends. |
| When is postural drainage contraindicated? | With hemoptysis |
| After a session of postural drainage, what should a patient be instructed to do? | take a deep breath and cough while sitting. |
| A patient has a diagnosis of postoperative atelectasis. The RT should select areas of the lung for drainage based on all of the following except which one? | The patient’s diagnosis of atelectasis |
| Chest physiotherapy (postural drainage, percussion, and vibration) has been prescribed for a 45-year-old patient with resolving atelectasis. The RT has positioned the patient to perform chest physiotherapy on the posterior apical segment of the | -- |
| left and right lobes. Five minutes into the therapy, the RT notices that the patient’s oxygen saturation is 80% and blood pressure is 80/50 mm Hg. What should the RT do first? | stop therapy and return the patient to the original resting position. |
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