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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Critical Care Nursing

Nurse Nacole

Category: Critical Care Nursing During cardiac arrest, ETCO2 reflects the degree of pulmonary blood flow as alveolar ventilation and basal metabolism are constant, so that it can be used to gauge effectiveness of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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Risk of Respiratory Failure Evolves After Sepsis Onset

Daily Nurse

An analysis of 10 years of health data showed that risk factors for needing mechanical ventilation changed for patients with newly diagnosed sepsis as more time passed after onset. of patients with a new diagnosis of sepsis required initiation of mechanical ventilation. In the study, 13.5% of patients.

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Done Right, Advance Care Planning Can Reduce High-Acuity Utilization

Hospice News

Those were a group of outcomes that we looked at that included mechanical ventilation, hospital admissions within the last 30 days of life, intensive care unit admissions, receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and chemotherapy within the last two weeks of life. That usually may not be not prolonging life, just putting off death.

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Longleaf Medical Director: Hospice Care Needs a ‘Revolution’ 

Hospice News

If I need to do a ventilator on someone, if we need to have a BiPAP, or non-invasive ventilation, or if we need different modalities, those will be done. The hospitals should be really for triaging, and and then hopefully successfully resuscitating and rehabilitating people. I conceive of a very different model.

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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Fundamentals

Nurse Nacole

Category: Fundamentals Extraglottic devices, such as laryngeal mask airways (LMAs) and the King Laryngeal Tube (LT), are also important for the initial resuscitation of apneic patients and for rescue ventilation when intubation fails.

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Mastering the Basics: The ABCs of Nursing

Nurse.com

Intubation: Endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation may be necessary when patients cannot maintain their airway independently. Ventilatory support: Patients with severe respiratory distress may require mechanical ventilation through a ventilator. Address any abnormalities promptly.

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5 NICU conditions and pieces of special equipment you must know

The Nurse Break

On occasions, babies can be born in poor condition and require extensive resuscitation for a number of reasons, such as placental abruption, umbilical cord issues, or a significant bleed. The SensorMedics is a mechanical ventilator known as a High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilator (HFOV). This ventilator is essentially a drum.