I ask people all day long "Are you short of breath?" Yet every once in a while someone asks, "What's that?"Most of your chronic...
What if... A Post-Penn State Fantasy About the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse
Here is the second article written by Dr. Steve Brown by Steve Brown, Traumatic Stress InstituteRoxanne is a fictitious 27-year-old...
Things only an RT would say
I just finished giving the lady's mom a breathing treatment when she said, smiling, "So you just gave that so my mom meets criteria,...
dnr vs full code
I often get asked what the difference is between full code and DNR. So I'm going to take a moment to define these two terms.Full...
Happy Thanksgiving
Surely I get to work on Thanksgiving, and I'm thankful for that. I'm thankful for all the great people I work with, and for...
Should hyperventilating patients breathe into a bag?
I remember it used to be advised that when a person is hyperventilating that they breathe into a paper bag. Yet according to...
You do not have to intubate if you have a good airway
Other than certain ethical issues, the things that irritates this RT more than anything are when certain medical workers become rapt...
More Asthma Terms
The following post was published at MyAsthmaCentral April 11, 2011 by Rick Frea: "Asthma Terms You Should Know: Part...
Preventing and Reporting Child Abuse: The Questions Raised by the Penn State Scandal
This excellent article was written by my colleague Steve Brown, PsyD.Last week, a Pennsylvania Grand Jury indicted former Penn State...
Faux (pseudo) pneumonia
With pneumonia as the most reimbursable diagnosis, that makes pneumonia that most common fake diagnosis written on charts. ...
How to deal with hotheads at work
For the first time in a while I arrived at work feeling completely refreshed. The patient load was way down and the milieu...
The Natural Progression of COPD
I saw this curve at my pulmonologist's office about 16 years ago yet I couldn't remember what it was called until I found it while...
WHO spins facts about 2nd hand smoke
My uncle, who so happened to be a chain smoker, educated me one day about the fallacy that 2nd hand smoke caused cancer. He was a...
What is Cancer Remission?
All of us know about cancer, and many of us have frequently heard terms such as cancer remission. What is cancer remission exactly?...
Facts about 2nd hand smoke
Here are some facts about 2nd hand smoke. This list may be different from other lists because I'm basing my list on facts obtained...
Why do humidity and cold air trigger asthma?
Both humidity and cold air are common asthma triggers. The question is why? This was a topic I delved into in a recent...
Types of Treatment and Cure of Tonsil Cancer
Types of cure and treatment of tonsil cancer are vast and reliable enough to treat the disease in an efficient manner. Treatment...
Connecting Theory to Action
This is a long post that summarizes the way that the Restorative Approach provides a bridge between theory and action in treatment...
Rise above evil to find good, and death to find life
Things often look bleak as we look at the world. Yet we are reminded on Easter that life begins with one person. You...
A nebulizer is not a microphone
Do you ever have a patient who starts talking as soon as you give her the nebulizer? Sometimes they're so loquacious I have...
They only call you when you don't want them to
As soon as you sit for lunch the emergency room will want you. As soon as you "finally" sit down to take a break a patient...
Protein in raw mild may prevent asthma/allergies
Reuters reports on a new study that shows that children who drink raw milk were less likely to get asthma as compared to children...
RT apathy may be symptom of a greater problem
It is said that apathy is what destroys nations. After taxes were raised so high to support programs to help the needy, Ancient Roman...
Dave the Apathetic Respiratory Therapist
Dave is a respiratory therapist who constantly complains about useless breathing treatments. So I drew up an RT Driven protocol thinking...
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