What Is an Arterial Blood Gas Test? An arterial blood gas test, commonly known as an ABG, is performed on blood from an artery. It is used to see how well the lungs are functioning and to determine the effectiveness of respiratory therapies, such as the use of a ventilator, CPAP, BiPAP or oxygen.
Drop Date â is the last day in a semester when a student can withdraw from a course before course completion without having a grade assigned for the class. Students that are likely to fail a course may decide to drop (withdraw from) the course to avoid having a failing grade lower their overall grade point average.
You can calculate when the Add/Drop period will end for a particular course by multiplying the total instructional days by 0.15 and rounding up to the nearest whole number. (For example: If a course runs from May 19th to June 12th on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays then the course will meet a total of 12 times.