April 11, 2018
Enable cookies to see embeded content. In this episode of Big Ideas Theater, Neil MacIntyre, MD, FAARC, FCCP, defines ventilator discontinuation and discusses how guidelines have evolved and the differences between discontinuation and extubation. According to Dr. MacIntyre, ventilator discontinuation is the process of getting patients off of ventilator support and out of the ICU... Read more »
March 21, 2018
Enable cookies to see embeded content. In this episode of Big Ideas Theater, Rick Kallet, MS, RRT, FAARC, defines ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) and discusses the tiered process of diagnosing ventilator associated events (VAE). Kallet explains what RTs can expect to see in the future related to VAE, as well as offers tips in preventing... Read more »
May 11, 2016
Safe Initiation and Management of Mechanical Ventilation White Paper Now Available A new white paper published by the AARC and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) aims to improve the safe initiation and management of mechanical ventilation. “The UHC represents major academic medical centers across the country, and thus has a huge influence on policies,” says AARC... Read more »
April 18, 2016
Tim Bantle is an ECMO coordinator at his hospital. Pediatric patients have been transported on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) before, but never had such a transport been attempted by the transport team at UF Health Shands Hospital in Florida. When the time came to pick up the first patient last year, AARC member Timothy Bantle,... Read more »