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Capnography.com
CO2 monitoring educational site very good. Since the first infra-red CO2
measuring and recording apparatus was introduced in 1943 by Luft, capnography
has evolved into an essential component of standard anesthesia monitoring
armamentarium.
The primary goal of anesthesiologists is to prevent hypoxia, and capnography helps to identify situations that can lead to hypoxia if uncorrected. Moreover, it also helps in the swift differential diagnosis of hypoxia before hypoxia can lead to irreversible brain damage.
Difficult intubation
Assessing the airway
Techniques of Difficult Airway Management
Intubation Techniques and Equipment The Difficult Airway The Virtual Anesthesia Textbook by Rajesh P. Haridas
| The Hardin Meta-Directory | A directory of anesthesiology resource lists. |
Other Airway Management Sites not necessarily Anesthesia:
Action-Plan for
Airway Problems From Hell!
by Tom Trimble, RNLinks Related to Tracheostomy (Otolaryngology Dept. U of Florida)
AARC: Biological and Chemical
Attacks Resources for Respiratory Therapists.Cardiac
Trace Tutorials Hemodynamic Monitoring Online tutorials on arterial, pulmonary and venous
waveforms, and how cardiac arrhythmias affect waveforms. More tutorials are under
construction. Also
Hemodynamic Monitoring In Critical CareLifeclinic.com
- focus on blood pressure (hypertension), with health charting and free blood
pressure kiosk locator.
The
Heart: An Online Exploration (Heartpreview) of the heart and cardiovascular
system. It also has an extensive teaching library.
Bloodgas.org
is a knowledge site with practical information on blood gas and critical
care testing.Register and
subscribe to our newsletter, use the
Journal scanner and save your favorite articles under
My favorites.Registration is free of charge and only takes
a few minutes. This site has a treasure trove of articles. Click on any one of
the selections (“Technology,” “Quality Assurance,” “Point of Care Testing,”
“Neonatology,” etc.) and select “All Articles.” Under “Technology” you’ll find
Dr. Barry Shapiro’s article on why we shouldn’t temperature-correct ABGs. There
is also an interesting article concerning high altitude exercise — where
“Highlander” Bolivians were compared to acclimated Dutch volunteers.
Intelligent
Ventilation (http://www.intelligentventilation.org/)
This site is run by Hamilton Medical. To sign up for their
regular e-mail alerts, contact
Paul
Gardarini, RRT. The e-mails discuss many of
the finer points of mechanical ventilation (albeit with a bias for Hamilton
products). In fact, in the April edition, one article described auto cycling
on a brain dead patient. The patient was a potential organ donor and the
auto cycling was at first thought to be actual patient triggering. Changing
from flow triggering to pressure solved the problem.Respiratory
Tract Diseases Physiology
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Asthma: The
NAEPP guidelines for RRTs, Making a Difference in the Management of Asthma: A
Guide for Respiratory Therapists can be found at:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/asth_respir.htm
Related The
chronic Care model information can be found at:
http://www.hca.wa.gov/hit/doc/finalreport.pdf GINA
Global Initiative for AsthmaAsthma is a serious health problem around the world. The Global Initiative for Asthma was created to help health care professionals and public health officials reduce asthma prevalence, morbidity, and mortality. It prepares scientific reports on asthma management and prevention, encourages dissemination and adoption of the reports, and promotes international collaboration on asthma research.
The Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention Workshop is a joint effort of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the World Health Organization. Publications include:
Asthma
Management Handbook 2000Cancer
information University of Pennsylvania Cancer CenterRespiratory
Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Emergency
Medicine at NCEMI: emergency medicine and primary care resources ****ER
Watch; A searchable database of real emergency room cases from 100 US hospitals
using the latest
is to serve the public by using the best science, taking
responsive public health actions, and providing trusted health
information to prevent harmful exposures and disease related to
toxic substances.
Hospitals US
USA - general
- American Universities (med schools)
- HospitalWeb For a large updated list of hospitals in the USA and around the world. (Harvard)
Washington State
Olympia
Wenatchee
Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center
Seattle
Children's Hospital - Seattle, Washington
Spokane
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center
Kirkland
Kirkland
Ferry County Memorial Hospital
Republic
Forks
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle
Good Samaritan Community Healthcare
Puyallup
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound
Seattle
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound
Seattle
Group Health Eastside Hospital,
Redmond
Seattle
- Harrison Hospital
Bremerton
- Highline Community Hospital Health Care Network
Burien
- Holy Family Hospital
Spokane
- Island Hospital
Anacortes
- Jefferson General Hospital
Port Townsend
- Kadlec Medical Center
Richland
- Kennewick General Hospital
Kennewick
- Lake Chelan Community Hospital
Chelan
- Lourdes Health Network
Pasco
- Madigan Army Medical Center
Tacoma
- Mason General Hospital
Shelton
- Mount Carmel Hospital
Colville
Muliticare System (click here to access 1-3) Tacoma
- Allenmore Hospital
- Mary Bridge Children's Hospital & Health Center
Tacoma General Hospital
- Bremerton
- Northwest Hospital
Seattle
- Okanogan Douglas District Hospital
Brewster
- Olympic Medical Center
Port Angeles
- Overlake Hospital
Bellevue
- Peacehealth, St. John's Medical Center
Longview
- Providence Centralia Hospital
Centralia
- Providence Everett Medical Center
Everett
- Providence St. Peter Hospital
Olympia
- Providence Toppenish Hospital
Toppenish
- Providence Yakima Hospital (Central Washington)
Yakima
- Pullman Memorial Hospital
Pullman
The Regional Hospital, (extended critical care, for complex and/or ventilator-dependent patients) Tukwila
- Sacred Heart Medical Center
Spokane
- St. Joseph Hospital
Bellingham
- Samaritan Health Care
Moses Lake
- Skagit Valley Hospital
Mount Vernon
- Southwest Washington Medical Center
Vancouver
- Spokane Shriner's Hospital
Spokane
- Stevens Health Network
Edmonds
- Swedish Health Services
Seattle
- Tri-State Memorial Hospital
Clarkston
- United General Hospital
Sedro-Woolley
- University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle
University of Washington Academic Medical Center University of Washington Health Sciences Center
- Valley General Hospital
Monroe
- Valley Hospital and Medical Center
Spokane
- Valley Medical Center
Renton
- Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle
- Walla Walla General Hospital
Walla Walla
- Whidbey General Hospital
Coupeville
- Willapa Harbor Hospital
HospitalWeb For a large updated list of hospitals in the USA and around the world. (Harvard)
Washington
State Medical Association
Start with lists: A selection of sites that either offer products or are themselves a product offering.
Service for health care professionals providing up to date information on the latest products and services available. Alphabetical list of companies and product category index.
Directory containing more than 2900 industry suppliers, searchable by name or by category index. Also links to 300 industry consultants, a bookstore, news, and career opportunities.
Breathin' Easy Oxygen / Traveling: -- Help traveling patients locate oxygen services. No matter how you travel, over 2,500 locations to refill your oxygen tanks, in over 1,600 cities in all 50
Compressed
Gas Association The Compressed Gas Association is dedicated to the
development and promotion of safety standards and safe practices in the
industrial gas industry
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is a specialty sales organization that sells, distributes, services, rents and
leases Respiratory, Anesthesia and Critical Care Equipment and supplies.
We are the largest and most diversified company in the specialty products market
with over 90 sales consultants and managers, 14 distribution locations and 26
customer service representatives. Our corporate headquarters are in
Norcross, Georgia.Data
Critical They have combined their extensive
background in both pioneering wireless technology and clinical solutions to
become the leader in wireless health care communications.Flinders
MediTech Cricoid Pressure Trainer - COMPACT (Flinders MediTech) This
trainer is designed for learning, practicing, and perfecting the application of
cricoid pressure (Sellick’s maneuver). Sensors in the neck detect the direction
and amount of pressure applied to the cricoid cartilage; a real-time graphical
display (in N, Kgs, and lbs) with timer function provides feedback for skill
assessment.Heron
Medical Technologies, Inc. (Graphic airway monitoring)LMA
of North America
Not all institutions maintain 24 hour, 7 day a week access, and remember that some are in difference time zones. If you do not initially reach a library, try to connect again at another time.
Online Links to US Libraries include:
RadiologyEducation.com
is a digital library of authoritative radiology education resources that can be
used by radiologists while working for radiology learning, teaching, and
communicating. Specifically, RadiologyEducation.com can be used by radiologists
at the point-of-care to seek answers to questions for the purpose of improving
patients'