Great thoughts GreyGull; however, I'm assuming that He means that the ventilator flows are so low, combined with such small exhaled Vt's makes it extremely difficult for EtCO2 monitors to sample from the patient. For all intents and purposes, the mon...
Of course you must use other numbers, as well as looking at your patient when you do not have certain numbers. I'm not sure what you have for vents; however, the Servo-i is really spot on for EtCO2; however, sometimes the Vt alarm goes haywire unles...
great comments greygull, i think everyone is making this more complicated than it should be. first and foremost, always look at your patient. what are they doing, or not doing? how are their vs? sats, bp, hr? stevennp said: decreased mv (minute ...
greygull is correct in his/her overall point about not becoming an rt; however, is incorrect about many things in the post. the following is school specific, and i'm not knowledgeable about every school so don't take my word as gold. it only takes ...
Sounds like an LP was warrented, but maybe not now because he is afebrial. I agree that it's not tracheitis as well, he is most likely colonized. This explains the + culture. Doesn't sound like it has to do with any of his history. Maybe something...
I am a Respiratory Therapist in a Boston NICU. Our NICU wanted to start utilizing RT's to verify breast milk prior to being administered to the patients. I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this. Is it within a Respiratory Therapist's...
Only RRT's run ECMO at Children's Hosp. Boston. There is an RN taking care of that aspect and 1 RRT that is the ECMO specialist who runs the circuit as well as the vents (Vent, Hi-Fi, and Nitric).