Beyond-Albuterol

Reading Time: 4 minutes Part 2 of the discussion of chest physiotherapy delves into the devices that can provide intrapulmonary secretion clearance.

Reading Time: 3 minutes With the spike in cases of e-cigarette or vaping product use associated lung injury (EVALI) during 2019, much still remains to be seen in long-term studies. One of the results of EVALI studies that seems to remain unknown is if improvement in diffusion capacity (DLCO) will occur.

Reading Time: 5 minutes Every manager of the ventilator must understand waveforms. Pressure, Flow, Volume, and time can be plotted to give you a picture of what is happening in the lungs and the ventilator.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Negative Pressure Ventilation hit it’s peak with the Iron Lung. Could it make a resurgence?

Reading Time: 4 minutes Using a flow-inflating bag isn’t as simple as attaching oxygen tubing to a flowmeter and squeezing the bag.

Reading Time: 3 minutes What does a panting dog have to do with neonatal ventilation? Christina breaks down High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation.

Reading Time: 3 minutes This week on the Beyond Albuterol series, we are talking about Chest Physiotherapy, comparing chest percussion and high-frequency chest wall oscillation (AKA vest therapy).

Reading Time: 3 minutes Check out these tips for the best BVM use!

Reading Time: 4 minutes Learn the basics of spirometry from our expert Respiratory Therapists in our first post of the RT Series!