The analysis of arterial blood gases is an essential skill for any Respiratory Care practitioner. In this course, you will review the basic concepts of ABG interpretation, evaluate the use of venous blood gases for patient monitoring, and learn about the effects that storage has on blood gas values. You will have the opportunity to […]
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Welcome to our course on patient monitoring! This course is designed to equip the participant with the tools necessary to make end-tidal CO2 and oxygen monitoring an integral part of patient assessment. In this course, you will go over the principles of etCO2 monitoring, compare and contrast the differences between transcutaneous monitoring and end-tidal monitoring,
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This short course is designed to review the principles of airflow and the dramatic effects that a decreased radius has on airway resistance. The significance of the law of Hagen Poiseuille is reviewed, and additional scientific studies will be examined. After taking this into account, the potential patient benefits of an endotracheal tube cleaner system
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Whether community-acquired or hospital-acquired, pneumonia continues to be a leading cause of mortality and morbidity. In order to provide effective treatment, we need to understand the etiology and pathophysiology of this disease. In this course, you will review the basics of pneumonia, review the antibiotics used to treat pneumonia, discuss pneumonia prevention measures, and focus
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In the United States about 25 million, or 1 in 13 people, have asthma, including six million children under age 18. Approximately 1.8 million people had an asthma-related emergency department visit in 2021, and 189,000 people were hospitalized. As Respiratory Care Practitioners, we are in an ideal position to treat this patient population, so it
The CoughAssist T70 removes secretions in patients with an ineffective ability to do so on their own. The device clears secretions by providing high frequency oscillatoryvibrations while gradually applying a positive pressure to the airway, then rapidly shifting to a negative pressure. The rapid shift in pressure produces a high expiratory flow rate from the
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited, multisystem disease of exocrine gland function that is primarily characterized by diffuse obstruction and chronic infection of the airways and poor digestion resulting from exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. CF affects a cell protein called CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator). CFTR controls the flow of water and certain salts in and
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The management and treatment of COPD has always been at the core of services offered by any Respiratory Therapy department. Therefore, it is important to have a good understanding of the disease so that individualized treatment plans can be designed for the unique needs of each patient. In this course, we will look at a
This course will provide an overview of heliox therapy via video review, examine the risks and opportunities when using heliox, look at heliox use in critical care, review the use of heliox with regard to COPD and NIV, and review the use of heliox with mechanical ventilation. Helium-Oxygen mixtures have been used therapeutically as far
The use of nitric oxide has increased over the last number of years, especially during the peak of the COVID pandemic. While there are many anecdotal incidents where nitric oxide has been used to improve VQ mismatch and improve oxygen saturations, it is difficult to find solid evidence that using nitric oxide affects morbidity and
