Category: Education
Question of Week (QoW) #3
Posted Fri, July12, 2019 by Pulma Ku
Evoking Epiphany : What’s Your Opinion?
We are going to start posting questions or statements to start a significant discussion group.
Our goals are to :
- Start a wide berth of discussions.
- establish synergies of thought.
- improve patient care.
- improve interdisciplinary communications.
- introduce varied approaches to healthcare.
- decrease length of intubation.
- decrease length of time to liberation from mechanical ventilation.
- decrease length of hospital stay.
- decrease the cost of health care.
- introduce new or variant concepts of ICU care.
Here is the first 2 of many thought provoking statements.
Evoking Epipheny – 2019-05-001
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/respiratory-therapists-friends-foes-melissa-allen-rrt-ms-ches?trk=related_artice_Respiratory%20Therapists%3A%20Friends%20or%20Foes%3F_article-card_title
QoW 2017 Q1 005
List the risks vs. benefits of use of this device in a patient.
What are alternatives to this device?
QoW 2017 Q1 004
What is significantly wrong with this patient’s CXR?
QoW 2017 Q1 003
The graphs underneath demonstrate varied thermodilution curves.
Which curve demonstrates high cardiac output performance?
QoW 2017 Q1 002
What is another hemodynamic referencing name for this urimeter / collection bag?
Question of the Week (QoW) 2017 Q1 001
Which of the five items shown above can paired together because they have a common functionality?
eLibrary – FREE
Build up your eLibrary starting with this gem – great hemodynamic tutorial. Hemodynamics is a huge part of our jobs as respiratory therapists and being proficient is key to being a great practitioner.
Anyone and everyone should get this booklet if you are interested in hemodynamics.
It is free to download.
Google search “edwards hemodynamics pdf” and then select the search item I have identified in the inset.
If you go to the Edwards website’s homepage, there are other good booklets for free.
There is a lot of good stuff out there for free from our vendors.
As I have opportunities, I will post them – I will use the key search words eLibrary or FREE so the references can be found.