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The patient loses: a whistleblower's experience
[Guest post by Mike Gordon jgordon30@msn.com] I have been a Respiratory Therapist for 19 years. I have seen hospitals try to increase productivity to unsafe levels, even though there is a Medicare ma… more →
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Too many vents!
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keepbreathing wrote 4 days ago: It had been an uneventful morning in the ER at Sunny Flats. I was sitting in our RT outpost when the … more →
...What?
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keepbreathing wrote 2 weeks ago: I was reading a patient’s H&P the other day when I came across the following gem from one … more →
NatGeo explores...hospitals?
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keepbreathing wrote 2 weeks ago: In the latest National Geographic magazine there is an excellent article about a man who spends his … more →
Posters
keepbreathing wrote 2 weeks ago: I’ve been enjoying the RT posters enough that I’ve created a Posters tab, which you can … more →
More Posters: UPDATED
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keepbreathing wrote 2 weeks ago: Here are some more posters I’ve made. If you’d like to make one on your own, go to diy.d … more →
Why us?
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keepbreathing wrote 2 weeks ago: Ever notice that Respiratory Therapy departments tend to be at the bottom of the hospital pecking or … more →
Low Flow Devices & Arterial Blood Gases
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Andrew de Vera wrote 3 weeks ago: Parameters of Low Flow Devices within the Respiratory Care field. Nasal Cannula “NC” - A … more →
A Bad Reputation
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keepbreathing wrote 3 weeks ago: Man, a lot of my patients have been dying lately. It seems like every shift I work, at least one of … more →
Things I never should have said to the student:
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keepbreathing wrote 4 weeks ago: “Yeah, extubation usually goes well. I’ve only ever seen it get complicated a couple tim … more →
Stuporvising:
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keepbreathing wrote 1 month ago: There’s a vacant supervisory position at work that came about after one of our day shift floor … more →
Respiratory Therapy is just awesome
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keepbreathing wrote 1 month ago: I don’t know how many of you out there are Discovery Channel viewers, but if the TV is on arou … more →
CENTI-meter
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keepbreathing wrote 2 months ago: I was looking at an airway the other day with an RT student and explaining to them how to assess air … more →
Grievances: Part Two
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keepbreathing wrote 2 months ago: You may recall that there was going to be an enormous RT meeting the other day. It went about like I … more →
Sumdood Captured!
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keepbreathing wrote 3 months ago: I have some breaking news for all of you out there. Brace yourselves, because this is big news: Sumd … more →
Grievances
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keepbreathing wrote 3 months ago: Tomorrow at the hospital there is going to be a giant meeting consisting of several administrators, … more →
A Nurses Guide to Respiratory Therapists
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keepbreathing wrote 3 months ago: As part of this weeks Change of Shift I have been asked to assemble an article about RTs: what we do … more →
What do you WANT?
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keepbreathing wrote 4 months ago: You may have noticed that I am not posting quite as much lately. That is because the RT Burnout Mete … more →
Report questions patients' safety
Toviel wrote 4 months ago: The BBC has learnt of serious concerns about the care of elderly patients at a major Welsh psych … more →
Evita O2 sensor problems?
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keepbreathing wrote 4 months ago: Lately I have experienced a number of ventilator problems. Here at Sunny Flats we use the Drager Evi … more →
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