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Peon of Respiratory Therapy: February 2012
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Peon of Respiratory Therapy. The adventures of a new grad. From the belly button up. Wednesday, February 29, 2012. I just fully aspirated half my cup of coffee. Granted, it wasn't a full cup of coffee, but 20 minutes later I am still coughing and sputtering. The point of this all was my realizing that having normal saline poured directly into your lungs (instillation) must feel like absolute crap. Scribbled by Lung Lover. Links to this post. Friday, February 24, 2012. CPR works. Sometimes. Then the resid...
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Peon of Respiratory Therapy: How to Become a Respiratory Therapist.
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Peon of Respiratory Therapy. The adventures of a new grad. From the belly button up. How to Become a Respiratory Therapist. My blog has a strongly Canadian flavour (see how I just spelled flavour - it's Canadian) but I know that there are tons of great American RTs out and about in the world and I've updated this page to include more American things. So far this means that there is now:. The Canadian RT site - www.csrt.com. The American RT site - www.nbrc.org. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Respiratory Ther...
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Peon of Respiratory Therapy: Anaphylaxis
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Peon of Respiratory Therapy. The adventures of a new grad. From the belly button up. Wednesday, June 13, 2012. And The best thing about pediatrics (and I may have mentioned this before and I will probably mention it again) is their little trachs. No inner cannulas. There is effectively no such thing as trach care on a ped. Bliss. Scribbled by Lung Lover. August 19, 2012 at 10:30 PM. This comment has been removed by the author. September 27, 2012 at 5:36 PM. Wow, about the eli-pen thing, I am surprised th...
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Peon of Respiratory Therapy: May 2011
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Peon of Respiratory Therapy. The adventures of a new grad. From the belly button up. Thursday, May 19, 2011. OMG I have been so stupid busy. And I know everyone says that - but I actually mean it. I moved. I started my new job. Nothing in our new house works. Well not nothing, but enough to make me mad. Every day. And also got some free ones from the hospital. I love it. I love my new job, I am so excited. I am also looking forward to things slowing down so that I can tell more stories here! Changing pra...
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Peon of Respiratory Therapy: September 2011
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Peon of Respiratory Therapy. The adventures of a new grad. From the belly button up. Monday, September 26, 2011. My Nose is Itchy. After cough assist is done physio gets to leave the room. I swear to god they think this is the easiest patient in the entire hospital. Then we do some TLC breaths with the bagger. Phew. Almost done. Ok, so now administer some Ventolin and Atrovent in preparation for the next step. What Simon? Your eyes are itchy? Can you put some eye drops in my eyes? Repeat at 1600 hours.
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Peon of Respiratory Therapy: August 2013
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Peon of Respiratory Therapy. The adventures of a new grad. From the belly button up. Monday, August 12, 2013. Return from the Abyss. UGH How has this happened. I've seen the blogs out there that are full of entries . at first. Then life happens. Full time job, full time family, full time havin the funs with the new paycheque. I think that's what happened to me and I 100% regret it. But then I was offered a full time job at my home hospital. So I took it. And said goodbye to the children's hospital. Japan...
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Peon of Respiratory Therapy: "Corrected the RT mistake" and more notes from Nurse charting
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Peon of Respiratory Therapy. The adventures of a new grad. From the belly button up. Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Corrected the RT mistake" and more notes from Nurse charting. I love nurses. I really do. They are amazing people who are capable of performing phenomenal tasks. Things that I could never do. Because a nurse saw that the regulator was above -20 mmHG, and turned it down to that. Remember the three bottle system! Thanks nurse for "correcting the RTs mistake.". Scribbled by Lung Lover. Nha dat nha be.
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Peon of Respiratory Therapy: Return from the Abyss
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Peon of Respiratory Therapy. The adventures of a new grad. From the belly button up. Monday, August 12, 2013. Return from the Abyss. UGH How has this happened. I've seen the blogs out there that are full of entries . at first. Then life happens. Full time job, full time family, full time havin the funs with the new paycheque. I think that's what happened to me and I 100% regret it. But then I was offered a full time job at my home hospital. So I took it. And said goodbye to the children's hospital. Since...
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Peon of Respiratory Therapy: October 2011
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Peon of Respiratory Therapy. The adventures of a new grad. From the belly button up. Sunday, October 9, 2011. One of the fantastic things about being employed is the ability to stash some funds. For trips. To Europe. Yes I will be in Europe for the next 3 weeks, returning October 30th. Hopefully I have no hospital related storied to share in that time. Ha! Scribbled by Lung Lover. Links to this post. Thursday, October 6, 2011. When not to get Sick. It was exactly what I hoped for. Scribbled by Lung Lover.