ARDS: Should We Be Prone to Prone?

This author's goal is to present the results of a large randomized study on the beneficial effects of prone positioning in preventing mortality in ARDS recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The author hopes to elicit a discussion of these results especially in terms of it's significance to current nursing practice in the ICU. Specialties MICU Article

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sapphire18

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Specializes in ICU.

Great article! I wish we proned ARDS pts; have never seen it in person.

Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN

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NRSKarenRN, I did catch the tail end of the Bird Ventilator...I remember being amazed at its little size yet annoyed at the loud piston-like hissing sound it made with each breath, lol. Pretty soon they were left in the corner unused and collecting dust. The vents that took over were bulky and had bellows! another lol moment.

Ah....the Bennett MA1

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TraumaSurfer

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Ah....the Bennett MA1

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Still lives on in Hollywood for many TV/movie life support scenes although it is usually hooked up to a nasal cannula.:unsure:

Good article.

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NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN

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Loved the Bennett MA 1..... later I graduated to LP10 for my homecare patients

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