Demystifying Ventilator Modes: It’s Not That Complicated! Part 2
Understanding acronyms and how they describe modes is essential when managing a mechanically ventilated patient.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus: It’s the Season
Respiratory Syncytial Virus symptoms are usually mild and will often resemble a common cold in adults and healthy children.
Demystifying Ventilator Modes: It’s Not That Complicated!
How do you best determine an initial ventilator mode? Is the patient on the most appropriate mode at the present time? How many modes are available on a specific ventilator?
How Important Is Cuff Pressure?
Learn about how serious complications can occur from improper pressure when sealing an airway cuff in the trachea.
Clamp the ET Tube!
COVID-19 has called attention to the dangers of ventilator circuit disconnects.
Asthma: Pathophysiology and Prehospital Management
Asthma is a serious life-threating condition that can present benignly one minute and turn into respiratory failure in a heartbeat.
Why Not BiPAP?
Many factors go into the equation for deciding between CPAP and BiPAP for a patient.
Cystic Fibrosis: What It Is and How We Treat It
Understanding the complicated disease of Cystic Fibrosis will help you provide better initial care and assessment.
Emphysema: What You Need to Know
Typically, patients with emphysema have good lung compliance but exhibit poor lung elastance.
High-Flow Nasal Cannula: It’s Not Just a Bunch of Hot Air!
Why the early application of high-flow nasal cannula in the appropriate patient population is an ideal way to meet the patient’s inspiratory flow demand.
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