HFNC Case Studies

After going undefeated in conference play, Instituto Health Science Career Academy’s baseball team prepared for battle one last time against number 5 seed Glen South at Kerry Wood's Cubs Park.

Even though the consequence of saline instillation on a ventilator patient in the acute care setting is pneumonia or the patient may become hemodynamically unstable, this practice remain contentious, the practice of this procedure will also decrease the oxygenation. (Ayhan, et al., 2015),

As a clinical facilitator, I provide learning opportunities to staff and nursing students at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Brisbane (SVPHB). Not long after I joined St Vincent’s, I encountered a patient who was receiving high flow oxygen (7 litres/min) via high flow nasal prongs without any humidification device running with it. The scene surprised me. Supplemental oxygen is

Respiratory therapy refers to both a subject area within clinical medicine and to a distinct health care profession. During the 20th century, there were many health care fundamental transformations. Here are 10 possible predictions of what may occur in the future of respiratory care: (1) Less focus on raising PaO2 as a primary goal in managing patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. (2) More attention to

Managing complex ventilator patients require critical thinking to solve problems pertaining to ventilator issues. Even though I am a certified ventilator paramedic, ventilator management is managed an respiratory therapist. Having the ventilator certification was useful in which I was able to apply my knowledge to

SFBHC is requesting a three year investment for an EHR system to improve our workflow, expenditures, quality of care and clinical outcomes. Through implementation of a comprehensive electronic health records system (EHR), SFBNH intends to streamline and standardize workflow between sites and specialties; implement quality improvement and operational efficiency programs made possible through data gathered through the system; maximize the integration of primary and behavioral health care; maximize revenue cycle through a fully integrated system; and automated report generation.11

Case manager called pt’s mother at 7:50am, as we agreed in our previous conversation with Dr. Kleinman. The patient's mother reported that she was functioning well, and she and the patient were getting ready to go to school. Case manager reinforced the patient's mother, if she has any difficulties please contact her in order to support her. Case manager also tell her that Dr. Kleinman is waiting for her at the schools to offer her support as well. Patient and family continue to be open to receiving support from case manager. HBCI will continue to work with patient and mother on exposures around school and social anxiety.

This includes CPAP therapy, non-invasive ventilation, and lifestyle modification. The article includes a randomized control study to find the most efficient therapy for OHS. A CPAP therapy group and a NIV group were compared while the lifestyle modification group was the control. The study came to the conclusion that both CPAP therapy and NIV were more effective than the lifestyle modification group (Masa et al., 2015, p. 88). This study showed non-invasive ventilation was a better treatment since it improved respiratory functions (Masa et al., 2015, p. 95). However, the article does disclose long term treatment has yet to be studied and that is essential to proving NIV is superior to CPAP therapy (Masa et al., 2015, p. 93). I am happy I found this article due to the large patient base they used for their study. Overall, 351 patients were studied and since a lot of data was collected and compared, I trust their

Mrs. K., A 68 year-old white woman, has been admitted to the critical care unit with shortness of breath at rest. Vital signs are BP, 218/100 mm Hg; HR, 110 beats/min; and RR, 3 breath/min. She has run out of her antihypertensive medication for the fourth time this year and only came to the hospital because of her breathing difficulties.

Apnoeic oxygenation is increasingly used, especially in critically unwell patients, to provide an oxygen-rich environment in the oropharynx to minimise hypoxia during the apnoeic period of RSI.6 This is provided by an alternative oxygen source, commonly via nasal prongs with oxygen flow at 10 litres per minute or more, or via insertion of

Nasal cannulas are used to deliver oxygen to people who cannot get enough of it. It is a flexible tube that is placed under the nose with two prongs that goes inside the nostrils of the patient. Nasal cannulas are normally used to deliver low levels of oxygens but can deliver high levels (Heitz). Another procedure is airway suctioning which is done when secretions in the throat is blocking the airway. Suctioning an airway may be done with endotracheal tube, tracheostomy tube or through the nose or mouth in the trachea.

There is a hospital-specific project; however, the dollars available to hospitals are not yet known. Dollars will be paid to hospitals based on performance for adults with a primary behavioral health diagnosis or an SMI designation.

The practice of administering inhaled high concentration oxygen to patients suffering chest pain is widespread, has been followed for about a century, and is advised in major textbooks of emergency care, general medicine, and cardiology. There remains an expectation amongst the general public and medical practitioners that oxygen simply forms part of the standard treatment of a ‘sick’ patient (Nicholson, 2004). A review of the evolution of supplemental oxygen therapy reveals that it is not evidence-based, and there is uncertainty about the benefits and safety. This paper will discuss the different approaches of the use of high concentration oxygen therapy for the client with acute chest pain, including previously conducted trials. The physiological benefits and harms, the variation in international guidelines and the need for future research will also be analysed.

This issue on HFCS is a smokeless topic. anyone who smoked, had the stench of left over smoke in their clothes, hair and even on their hands. teenagers who smoked were easily caught by the smell of residual smoke by those who did not smoke. With HFCS this product is without any residual giving the next person any idea that they had just consumed a product that cause more harm to the body in the long run. Every infant, child and teenager growing into adult hood is taking in this product. With no warning of its effect on the body.

HFH Edmonton needs to be able to push boundaries and accommodate innovative ideas. It has a Restore platform, which accepts donations of material, mostly home materials from individuals and companies, and sells them at a low cost to the public. Although this is a good initiative, but it has not been exploited by the organization for more revenue. HFH Edmonton needs to embrace social marketing; more importance needs to be made on the Restore marketing, donations, in order to make the Restore more profitable. Although this may limit funding request because HFH Edmonton is having a successful revenue, therefore HFH needs to also emphasize that revenues from Restore cannot completely fund its program.