I see many posts in the various forums from RT’s looking for something different… something besides 12 hour shifts. Oh, what to do, what to do that won’t tax our bodies any worse than what we have going on now. Fellow RT’s, use your BRAINPOWER!! What I mean is, you all know A LOT. And…
One of the markers we use in Pulmonary Rehab is the Borg scale. We have patients rate their breathing from 0 to 10, and their exercise intensity from 0 to 10. It takes them a few weeks to get used to this, as most of them rate their breathing as either good or bad, and…
In Respiratory school, we had to learn about the magic FI02 box. That was 32 years ago, but the strategy behind the box still works today, when thinking about Nasal cannulas, HFNC, and aerosols . Sure, today we just set a number on a machine and we’re done. Or are we? Before you can…
Are we in the ‘safe’ zone with Ebola? Today we had our hospital training on caring for Ebola or other VHF – Viral Hemorrhagic Fever patients safely. I’ll go political on you in just a sec, but for now, let me say this: I think we (The U.S.) are finally prepared to care for these…