Patient assessment
Checklist for Accurate Lung Percussion
Learn essential lung percussion techniques to assess respiratory health effectively, ensuring accurate patient evaluations and improved diagnostics. […]
Patient assessment
Patient assessment
How to Assess Respiratory Emergencies
Learn how to assess respiratory emergencies effectively through structured evaluation and vital sign monitoring for timely interventions. […]
Patient assessment
Breaking Down Breath Sounds for Respiratory Students
Auscultating, or listening to, the lung sounds of pulmonary patients is going to be something a respiratory therapist does at least 20 times a day if not much more. Understanding what each sound is, how to […]
Mechanical ventilation
Ventilator Weaning Parameters: Can You be Sure They’re Ready?
It is obvious that positive pressure ventilation (PPV) is not a normal way to breathe, and for many years we have known that the longer someone remains on PPV, the more likely damage to the […]
Lung Disease
COPD Gold Stages & Treatements
Table of Contents The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) provides criteria for the diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although all patients may have their own unique course with […]
Patient assessment
Examination of the Chest for Respiratory Therapists
As a Respiratory Therapist you will be assessing, treating, and caring for patients with disorders of the lungs and thorax. It is understandable that a respiratory student might believe that the most important part of assessment […]
Patient assessment
Eight respiratory patterns every Respiratory Therapy student must know and what they mean
Measuring the four vital signs temperature (T), pulse (HR), blood pressure (BP), and breathing (RR) is an essential part of the physical examination and provides information for patient assessment, monitoring, decision-making, and medical recordkeeping. As […]