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
Background: Over the past few weeks there has been a shift in the management of critically ill COVID-19 patients. Many seem to have moved away from an intubate early strategy to the use of high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) and ...
Needs Assessment: As the COVID19 pandemic continues to mount, hospitals will rapidly reach maximal capacity. As a result, patients are boarding longer in the ED and, new patients are waiting longer to be seen. This dynamic poses numerous threats to ...
Background: Awake proning, or having patients lie on their stomachs, can help oxygenation by helping to recruit posterior portions of the lungs and by helping with perfusion to oxygenated lung segments. The literature around proning centers on intubated patients with ...
In this episode of REBEL Cast,I sit down with Richard Levitan and talk about some ideas from his experience in New York, where he spent 10 days during the surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. And the lessons he took away ...
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