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 (V_T) alarm will sound (if properly set). D) Ventilation will drop to zero and the apnea alarm will sound.

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When triggering by time, a ventilator initiates a breath according to a predetermined time interval, without regard to patient effort.

A Patient Receiving Time-Triggered Continuous Mechanical Ventilation at a Preset