A patient receiving time-triggered continuous mechanical ventilation at a preset rate of 10/min stops breathing. Which of the following will occur?
a. The high-pressure limit alarm will sound (if properly set).
b. The patient will continue to receive 10 breaths/min.
c. The low tidal volume (VT) alarm will sound (if properly set).
d. Ventilation will drop to zero and the ap-nea alarm will sound.
ANS: B
When triggering by time, a ventilator initiates a breath according to a predetermined time inter-val, without regard to patient effort.
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