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Author: Frank Lodeserto MD

REBEL Crit Cast Ep 4.0: Lung Protective Mechanical Ventilation

Goals of lung protective mechanical ventilation: Minimizing harm during mechanical ventilation with a lung-protective strategy with: Low tidal volume (TV) Limit plateau pressure to <30mmHg Optimal positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) set to decrease driving pressure

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Thoracic and Respiratory

REBEL Crit Cast Ep3.0: Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) Made Simple

Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) is a mode of ventilation that allows spontaneous breathing throughout the ventilation cycle.  It is a time-cycled mode of ventilation between two levels of positive airway pressure with the main time on the high level …

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Thoracic and Respiratory

COVID-19: Protected Code Blue

The protected code blue is designed to keep your staff safe when managing a patient with COVID-19 who has a sudden cardiac arrest. You will continue to do high quality CPR, defibrillation (if indicated), give code medications, and BVM with …

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Resuscitation

Critical Care Education Curriculum

The REBELEM Team is proud to provide you with a Critical Care Education Curriculum that can be used for your residents, medical students, advanced providers as well as many other learners during their rotation. We realize now, more than ever, …

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REBEL Crit Cast Episode 2.0: Overview of High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) – Part 1

The use of heated and humidified high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) has become increasingly popular in the treatment of patients with acute respiratory failure through all age groups.  Over the past several years, many studies have come out reviewing the …

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Thoracic and Respiratory

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