March 2006
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Early Intervention with NPPV |
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by Jack Edge, RRT, and Lana Shaw, RRT |
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One health care center’s early intervention program has resulted in a decrease in total assisted ventilation hours and improved identification of ARDS patients |
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Putting on the Pressure |
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by Michael A. Frakes, APRN, CCNS, CFRN, CCRN, EMTP, and Tracy Evans, RN, MPH, ACNP, EMTP |
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Hyperbaric oxygenation has been used in diving for hundreds of years, but we now know that it has multiple medical applications, too |
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Pneumothorax: Finding and Fixing the Leak |
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by William C. Pruitt, MBA, RRT, CPFT, AE-C |
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Blunt trauma to the chest can cause damage to the lungs, which may be exacerbated by ventilation |
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Special Circumstances; Special Skills |
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by Rich Smith |
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Intubating certain patient populations offers RTs huge challenges and requires skill and cool-headedness |
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Lesson From SARS |
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by Nancy Lew, RRT; Constance Lo, MBBS, MRCP; and Philip Eng, MBBS, MMed (int Med) |
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Principles of infection control and ventilator management taken from the SARS epidemic may serve during future viral outbreaks |
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