List Your Personal Goal for Health Improvement what is your goal

how long are you giving yourself to achieve this goal or when will you need to re-evaluate your goal to see if you're making progress and may need to make some changes in your plan of action

Plan of Action

what specific steps will you need to take to achieve your goal, or at least make progress toward such achievement?

Facts from Online Health that Will Help Facilitate Achieving this Goal (10 points)

name at least two facts you have learned from this course that pertain to your goal and will help you in reaching your goal

A92-year-old man with a 45-year history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is intubated in the icu because of a bout of viral pneumonia that fails to improve after 72 hours of antibiotics. although the inspired fraction of oxygen is 100%, the patient's po2 remains at 57 mmhg. positive-end expiratory pressure (peep) is added to allow the inspired fraction of oxygen. twelve hours after the introduction of peep the patient suddenly become hypotensive. at the same time, his oxygen saturation drops from 92% to 61%. on physical examination, his bp is 80/50 mmhg and his pulse is 124/min. he has distended neck veins and distant heart sounds. which of the following would also most likely be seen on this patient's physical examination? - absence of breath sounds in the right hemithorax- high amplitude carotid artery upstroke- a pleural friction rub- pulsus alternans- splenomegaly