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  1. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    I did not reply to greygull aggressively--not sure what you are referring to. as for gender, it really is meaningless. it does not matter if greygull is male or female--the information is informative....

  2. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    or whatever IT is. gender is meaningless on intellectual matters. Unfortunately i dont know a gender-neutral pronoun and i am lazy s/he furthermore, the writing style is more aggressive/forward than...

  3. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    Glad I missed on the previous hoopla. :) For some reason, today, I received an email that there was a new post in this thread, but i missed all these in January. The post had this in the reply to my...

  4. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    no, i didnt pull anything off the net for these messages. Because I understood the concepts in the first place while i learnt them, the need for memorization was minimized, and much information was...

  5. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    GilaRN, Well, it did. :) I have purchased two books after this conversation. Little did i realize a barely-related google search was going to get me thinking about this subject the way it has. I will...

  6. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    i know........map will be raised with peep, as inspiratory pressures are only part of the equation. well, thank you for the information you did share. i am not asking you to repeat urself with...

  7. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    you didnt make any recommendations. i think you keep implying that i do not know what mean airway pressure is, nor peak inspiratory pressure. I do know what they mean. I also understand many of their...

  8. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    re: man-catches-home-512711.html That is a tragedy. I feel for all involved. Wrong on many

  9. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    Increasing afterload [svr-systemic vascular resistance] by increasing mean arterial pressure (which we abbreviate MAP, btw, in our books) does not necessary improve cardiac index, oxygen delivery, but...

  10. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    Point taken, but nonetheless the original poster asked a question, and somebody else, who i as not directly answering at that moment, made a request or whatever you want to call it. GreyGull, I do...

  11. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    GreyGull, thank you for sharing your knowledge. It is interesting information. I am just an average nurse. GreyGull, answer the questions, as will I, again, and let us let the poster get back to us...

  12. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    re: It is very rare that we do an ABG for every mode, rate and FiO2 change today. I am going to stop replying to these posts now because this is the second time you have implied i have said something...

  13. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    I would like to entertain you more, but alas i have things to do. If your opinions differ than mine, that is ok.......... I am not a pulmonogist or an RT, and I defer to them in these situations as...

  14. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    The use of the word always.......i stepped back from that, but we do always use the least mean and peak airway pressures possible for the desired goal/clinical outcome as it in itself, in isolation,...

  15. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    That is what i was talking about. In the clinical setting, SIMV is augmented. I mean, think about it.........we have a 7.0 ETT, all this circuit length to overcome.........pi r squared and length are...

  16. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    Ok, i will try to be more direct now that all this info has been shared. Remember, i may be wrong. 1. pure simv allows the patient to breath on their own, therefore false 2. False. PEEP, positive end...

  17. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    I am not an RT or pulmonogist. It is just my opinion based on my experience. I do not know why YOU would desire higher peak airway pressures over lower airway pressures if you had a choice and the...

  18. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    probly a question on RT exam of some sorts. I wouldnt necessarily say it is a trick question (it wants you to think it thru), but it could definitely be written

  19. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    also, just to be clear.......simv does not have to deliver the 700cc in all settings.......assist control, also labeled CMV (albeit nearly incorrectly and confusingly, as that stands for controlled...

  20. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    zcoq72mehs replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    I could be wrong, but in regard to: i need help with 3 questins concerning a ventilator. 1) In the SIMV mode, all patient breaths are delivered by the ventilator. true or false 2) The...

  21. Community Colleges No out-of-state tuition distance learning online

    zcoq72mehs posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    First, I would like to thank the creator of this forum community: thank you, Mr. Short. Second, I would like to thank all of the contributors to this forum. You all have provided a wealth of...