Hospice News
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
It’s going into an intensive care unit and getting feeding tubes and ventilators and all this stuff that isn’t going to change anything. I recently asked one oncologist what he thinks about palliative care, and he said, “I sort of look at my role with the patient is to present the glass half full, meaning treatment.
Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs
JULY 17, 2022
The authors of this paper conclude: “Reducing contacts, always wearing well-fitted FFP2 respirators when indoors, using ventilation and other methods to reduce airborne virus concentrations, and avoiding situations with loud voices seem critical to limiting these latest waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.”.
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The Nurse Break
DECEMBER 15, 2022
Babies may often present very floppy and what we call “hypotonic” which is when their tone is too relaxed, and sometimes “hypertonic” where they appear stiff. They may present with abnormal movements and seizure-like activity. The SensorMedics is a mechanical ventilator known as a High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilator (HFOV).
GeriPal
MARCH 28, 2024
Well, as a kick off to this year’s first in-person State of the Science plenary, held in conjunction with the closing Saturday session of the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly, 3 randomized clinical trials were presented. And that helped them focus on that instead of, say, the blood pressure, the vasopressors or the ventilator settings that day.
The Nurse Break
JUNE 4, 2022
Babies may often present very floppy and what we call “hypotonic” which is when their tone is too relaxed, and sometimes “hypertonic” where they appear stiff. They may present with abnormal movements and seizure-like activity. The SensorMedics is a mechanical ventilator known as a High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilator (HFOV).
Daily Nurse
OCTOBER 14, 2024
This means that, at any given time, our sickest of children can be on full-time monitoring, hooked up to ventilators and infusion machines, and under intensive care. And the language, education, and cultural barriers that present with the families I deal with exacerbate the importance of establishing trust.
Palliverse
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
As many doors and windows have been left open to allow greater ventilation to allow viruses and other infective materials to be circulated out of the building but the sound of the wind is not the subject of this post.
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