How to perform tracheal intubation for COVID-19 patients safely and effectively: Experience AND tips from Sichuan, China - ScienceDirectdoi:10.1016/j.jclinane.2020.109800Jianxin Huang aJie Zeng bMin Xie aXiaobo Huang cXinchuan Wei aLingai Pan c...
What to Know About IntubationIntubation inserts a tube connecting you to a ventilator. Learn what to expect during the procedure. What to Expect From a Lung BiopsyFind out what a lung biopsy is, why you might need one, the types of biopsy procedures, and when you'll get results. Can RSV...
Manage the patient’s airway or pulmonary status, using endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, pharmacological support, respiratory therapy and extubation Provide perianesthetic invasive and non-invasive monitoring according to current standards and techniques; manage the patient’s fluid, blood, ele...
aLaryngoscopy is used to perform tracheal intubation, often to administer anesthesia, and for procedures on the larynx. Laryngoscope blades come in standard and fiber optic quality with sizes for every patient type. Their shapes include Miller (straight) and Macintosh (curved) blades. This blade is...
ACNPs commonly work in hospitals and urgent care centers where they evaluate patients presenting signs of acute illness or injury. As a type of nurse practitioner, they can alsoprescribe medicineExternal link:open_in_new, diagnose illnesses, and perform procedures like intubation, placing stitches or...
The cancellation of elective surgeries meant the traditional workload for Lockhart and her colleagues would be lighter. Their idea was to form teams with respiratory therapists to perform intubations so that emergency and ICU doctors wouldn’t expose themselves to the high-risk procedure...
get to perform intubations in a real setting. And it came out to about one per year. In a hospital, anesthesiologists typically intubate, and they do it all day. They have lots of practice with it and it’s in a controlled environment, with you know, more people to help, more gear....
"The nurses who are worried about all this, look at the workflow and say, okay, we can do this," says Ong. With this resource in hand, Ong shared his Lucidchart workflow with other regional centers, so they could adapt their process and use it when running their own intubation simulati...
“What did I do during the pandemic shutdown? Simulation. Lots of simulation. Every procedure, policy and process related to COVID-19 in the health centre was created through and tested through simulation. Donning and doffing the various iterations of PPE, intubation in the ED, PICU [Pediatri...
1) as follows: (1) induction and intubation, (2) setting up initial mechanical ventilation, (3) titrating mechanical ventilation parameters, (4) assessing harmfulness of mechanical ventilation, and (5) rescue strategies. Fig. 1 Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR (...