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  1. Woman in iron lung dies after power failure

    PageRespiratory! posted a topic in Pulmonary

    Wow, really sad, she sounds like a Pt we'd like to care for. According to the article a "spinal deformity" prevented her from using PPV.

  2. RT's Drawing from a UAC

    PageRespiratory! replied to megcourt's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    >What an incredible waste of

  3. RT's Drawing from a UAC

    PageRespiratory! replied to megcourt's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    >Same in both NICU's I previously worked in. We also administered all the

  4. Why hospitals continue use incentive spirometry

    PageRespiratory! replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    >Not to mention the costs ($) associated with positive pressure therapy. I would imagine the longer term hidden costs would be notable as well, positive pressure used for lung recruitment can be...

  5. Why hospitals continue use incentive spirometry

    PageRespiratory! replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    >Hey, I just call 'em as I see 'em. Let me get this straight, you make an incredibly vague post questioning a procedure citing something you read somewhere. And then when another poster suggests...

  6. Nassau Community College

    PageRespiratory! replied to Muttlover's topic in New York Nursing

    >Undoubtedly a Malloy student that just realized they're getting half the education for ten times the cost.GO

  7. Why hospitals continue use incentive spirometry

    PageRespiratory! replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    >>Cripes, why don't they just order IPPB? NIPPV is a VENTILATOR, for Pt's with acute respiratory

  8. Why hospitals continue use incentive spirometry

    PageRespiratory! replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    What are you getting at? Out with it already. I cannot find one single piece of literature that states "I.S. doesn't work", and about 500 that says it is effective. This one inparticular: The AARC...

  9. arterial line insertion by OR/PACU nurses

    PageRespiratory! replied to jrgrad1912's topic in PACU

    "Back from the dead 'yall.........back from the

  10. SIMV mode and initiating a breath

    PageRespiratory! replied to Magsulfate's topic in Pulmonary

    Synchronized...Intermittent...Mandatory...Ventilation...SIMV is a set rate (volume control or pressure control [either a set tidal volume or insp pressure]) and the Pt is able to breathe spontaneously...

  11. The Best Route to a CRNA

    PageRespiratory! replied to jwconn1104's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    >>Hello cart, meet

  12. Hyperpnea vs. Hyperventilation vs. Kussmaul's

    PageRespiratory! replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Pulmonary

    >Absolutely agree with everything excpet above quoted. An I'll admit I may be splitting hairs here, but "Ventilation" can only be assesed with a CO2 measurement. It seems to me WOB is what you're...

  13. "Trach time"

    PageRespiratory! replied to WoosahRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    >That has been the majority of my experience as well, variable dependent on the physician. One place had a hard and fast rule, on the 7th day intubated they got trached........can you guess how...

  14. Hyperpnea vs. Hyperventilation vs. Kussmaul's

    PageRespiratory! replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Pulmonary

    .....................Ventilation does not equal oxygenation......................Tacypnea: abnormal elevation of respiratory rate. (Notice no mention of depth of breaths or ventilation).....Bradypnea:...

  15. Hyperpnea vs. Hyperventilation vs. Kussmaul's

    PageRespiratory! replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Pulmonary

    So far, so good. Ventilation = bulk movement of air. Perhaps. The Pt may indeed have adequate ventilation and still be hypoxic. CO2 is far more diffusible than O2. So there may be inpaired gas...

  16. Hyperpnea vs. Hyperventilation vs. Kussmaul's

    PageRespiratory! replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Pulmonary

    > Above bolded is incorrect, ones ventilation cannot be assed without a CO2 measurment. (ABG/endtidal/ect.). Even though a Pt. is tacypneic, they may not be hyperventilating. And yes...

  17. BIPAP ventilation

    PageRespiratory! replied to kipi's topic in MICU, SICU

    Holy jeez, was that question from

  18. What is considered a large hospital??

    PageRespiratory! replied to SiempreBella's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in a 1200 bed county hospital, I had a per diem gig at a "small" 400 bed community hospital, this was in metro NY. I now work in northern New England at a 25 bed hospital, the closest...

  19. BIPAP ventilation

    PageRespiratory! replied to kipi's topic in MICU, SICU

    As far as I understand it, the modes of ventilation on any brand ventilator can be labeled anything the manufacturer wants. So the term 'BiPAP' is actually a brand name that belongs to Respironics and...

  20. So we have a Code coming in....

    PageRespiratory! replied to kellyp374's topic in General Nursing

    > That means you're doing it correctly. Did you notice how violent the thumper seemed to be? Quality CPR is

  21. So we have a Code coming in....

    PageRespiratory! replied to kellyp374's topic in General Nursing

    > The only way to really asses the efficacy of chest compressions is to feel for the carotid pulse while administering

  22. Anyone watching 'WWII in HD' on History Channel?

    PageRespiratory! posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a big war film buff anyhow so perhaps I'm biased, but this mini series is just fantastic! Mostly previously unseen original footage shot in color during the war. Every campaign is covered, it...

  23. Oxygen administration

    PageRespiratory! replied to rlsilkett's topic in Pulmonary

    You're mssing the point, and obviously did not read the study. There is no singular "hypoxic drive", in other words just because a chronicly hypercapnic person's central and peripheral chemoreceptors...

  24. surfactant use in older babies

    PageRespiratory! replied to qcumba's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Yea...NO as in Nitrtic Oxide. I see that in your earlier post now........Sounds like nothing worked on this poor little

  25. surfactant use in older babies

    PageRespiratory! replied to qcumba's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    > PLV (partial liquid ventilation) - essentially a pt's FRC was filled with perfluorocarbon, an inert chemical with a very high oxygen diffusivity and low surface tension. It's my understanding...