Following successful cardiac resuscitation, a patient being placed on mechanical ventilation should have which of the following fractional inspired oxygen (FIO2) settings?

a. 0.5
b. 0.6
c. 0.8
d. 1.0


ANS: D
Using a high oxygen concentration following a cardiac arrest can provide a way of restoring normal oxygenation and replacing tissue oxygen storage when oxygen debt and lactic acid ac-cumulations occur, as with this patient.

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