Question: COVID 19 INFECTION IN SANTA CRUZ. It Has Been A Tough Year With The Pandemic And The Emergency Room Where You Have Been Working. Coughing Patients Have Been Complaining Of Shortness Of Breath. Two Of Your Patients Are Members Of The Men’s Swim Team At UCSC. Both Have Asked To Be Admitted To The Hospital But Limited Bed Space Will Only Allow For One …

COVID 19 INFECTION IN SANTA CRUZ. It has been a tough year with the pandemic and the emergency room where you have been working. Coughing patients have been complaining of shortness of breath. Two of your patients are members of the men’s swim team at UCSC. Both have asked to be admitted to the hospital but limited bed space will only allow for one more patient, You have to make a decision which one to admit. To assess their health you conduct several respiratory measurements and find the following: Patient DAN: Tidal volume 200 ml per breath, Respiratory frequency = 30 breaths per minute SAM: Tidal volume – 400 ml per breath. Respiratory frequency = 15 breaths per minute Based on these values answer the following questions using the following question: Is respiratory function normal for Sam? NORMAL – both tidal volume and respiratory frequency are near expected values ABNORMAL- the tidal volume is abnormal ABNORMAL- the respiratory frequency is abnormal ABNORMAL both tidal volume and respiratory frequency are abnormal