Beyond-Albuterol

Reading Time: 4 minutes The Pre-brief Understanding ventilator loops is essential and beneficial in evaluating your patient’s respiratory mechanics and interactions with the ventilator.…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Incorporating the use of ultrasound (US) technology has the potential to allow RTs to expand their roles and provide better outcomes.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Anatomical dead space specifically refers to the volume of air located in the respiratory tract that are responsible for conducting air to the alveoli and respiratory bronchioles but do not take part in the process of gas exchange.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Short acting versus long acting. Beta Agonists versus Muscarinic Antagonist. Here is a rundown of Respiratory Medications.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Unplanned extubation is a life threatening event and can lead to a variety of complications including but not limited to: vocal cord paralysis, aspiration, hypoxemia, airway edema, hemodynamic instability, and cardiac arrest.

Reading Time: 2 minutes The most under-appreciated value in respiratory care is alveolar minute ventilation!

Reading Time: 3 minutes Improvement of WOB with high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) can be done with flow-based treatments, even with room air.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you know how much air to put in the cuff? Are you wondering why this question is important?

Reading Time: 3 minutes Biphasic Cuirass Ventilation (BCV) is a plastic chest cuirass shell that uses a pressure source capable of providing both positive and negative pressure.

Reading Time: 3 minutes To diagnose COPD, a person must perform spirometry. When looking at data from the VA only 56% of patients diagnosed with COPD in the hospital had ever shown evidence of obstruction on spirometry.