Reading Time: 3 minutes Understanding the differences in peak and plateau airway pressures is essential for diagnosing changes in the patient/ventilator system.
Steve Haywood
Steve Haywood
Former Respiratory Therapist working to de-mystify the ventilator through hands-on workshops and online education. Additional interests include HFNC in CHF and COPD, Medical Education, and Tupperware.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Negative Pressure Ventilation hit it’s peak with the Iron Lung. Could it make a resurgence?
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Reading Time: 2 minutes According to the BEAM trial you should use it. Here are the basics of how to use it!
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Got low ETCO2 after an intubation during cardiac arrest? Troubleshoot it with these steps.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Oxygen in correlates to oxygen out. End Tidal Oxygen (EtO2) measurements can determine the fraction of oxygen exhaled by a patient.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute You can monitor dead space on your intubated patients quickly and easily. Learn the why and how in less than 3 minutes!
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Reading Time: < 1 minute You can monitor dead space on your intubated patients quickly and easily. Learn the why and how in less than 3 minutes!
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Waveform end-tidal CO2 (EtCO2) monitoring is an essential tool we must be using in our departments. Check out this short, but super high-yield video!
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Pre-brief If you are the team leader during a cardiac arrest, intubation should be low on your priority list.…
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Reading Time: 6 minutes The Pre-brief In a ventilated patient with an acute COPD or asthma exacerbation, if your I:E ratio is greater than…