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Self assessment
1. Describe RDS:
2. List three indications for nCPAP therapy:
3. List three benets of nCPAP therapy:
4. List three potential complications to nCPAP therapy:
5. State four methods used to deliver nCPAP therapy:
6. Discuss the advantage of variable ow technology compared
to other CPAP modalities:
7. Discuss the importance of low work of breathing:
8. Match the generator parts to the diagram:
Pressure line
Impinging jets
Exhaust tube
Drive line
Patient
Notes:
b
e
a
d
c