Category: Monitoring & Treatment

Monitoring & Treatment

In Los Angeles and Beyond, Oxygen Is the Latest COVID-19 Bottleneck

As Los Angeles hospitals give record numbers of COVID-19 patients oxygen, the systems and equipment needed to deliver the life-sustaining gas are faltering.

Monitoring & Treatment

Siemens to Distribute CorVent’s Respond-19 Ventilator in US

Siemens Healthineers signed a US distribution agreement for CorVent Medical's Respond-19 Ventilator, which received FDA authorization earlier this month.

Monitoring & Treatment

Ventilator Weaning: It’s About Technology and Teamwork

Mechanical ventilation is a life-saving technology, but the inevitable decision to wean a patient off of a ventilator requires a skillful combination of proven protocols, reliable technology, and teamwork between RTs and physicians.

Patient Monitoring

Cause for Alarm: How Patient Monitoring Technology Can Support RTs

With estimates that as many as 85-99% of alarms do not require clinical intervention, alarm fatigue is continually cited as one of the greatest healthcare challenges, both in the ICU and post-surgical care.

Therapy Devices

Aerosol Delivery to Patients on Mechanical Ventilation

When delivering aerosol via mechanical ventilation, respiratory specialists have a number of device options from which to choose, but must be aware of factors that affect drug delivery and patient safety.

Pulmonary Rehab

Extubated COVID-19 Survivors Benefitted from Early Pulmonary Rehab

Extubated COVID-19 patients who began a pulmonary rehab program before day 7 post-extubation had quicker recovery than those who started later.