You have been called because of an audible alarm from a heated air-entrainment large-volume jet nebulizer. The most-appropriate immediate action is to:
a. decrease the oxygen flow.
b. change the device to an injection nebuliz-er.
c. change the device to a high-flow heated humidifier.
d. turn off the heater power to prevent over-heating.
ANS: D
Audible and visual alarms should indicate when remote temperature sensors are disconnected, absent, or defective; in these cases, power to the heater should be interrupted to prevent over-heating. See Box 6-7.
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