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Questions relating to history and medical record review, physical examination and assessment of the neonate and child, chest x-rays & other imaging procedures, and interpretation of laboratory values.
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Questions relating to humidity & aerosol therapy, intubation/extubation, managing difficult airways, bronchial hygiene therapy, suctioning, and pharmacology.
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Questions relating to obtaining and interpreting arterial blood gases, calculations, pulmonary function testing, sleep monitoring, and hemodynamic monitoring.
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Questions relating to neonatal and pediatric resuscitation, managing acute airway obstruction, and ECG interpretation.
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Questions relating to initiating mechanical ventilation, monitoring the patient receiving mechanical ventilation, recommending changes to ventilator settings based on patient data, troubleshooting problems with the patient/ventilator system, weaning the patient from mechanical ventilation, and noninvasive positive pressure ventilation.
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Questions relating to identifying and treating various disease conditions in neonatal and pediatric patients.
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Questions relating to bronchoscopy, chest tube drainage systems, surfactant administration, specialty gas administration, home care, and end of life care.
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Questions relating to breathing techniques, hyperinflation therapy, airway clearance techniques (ACT), humidity and aerosol devices, oxygen therapy, environmental control devices, and sputum induction.
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