In the final episode of our four part ABG series Professor Tim Gilmore discusses how to interpret ABG's in relation to common clinical scenarios you may encounter. Links for Respiratory Therapy students and current therapists: TMC Exam Prep CSE Exam Prep ACCS Exam Prep NPS Exam Prep...
Professor Tim Gilmore details the four primary acid-base disturbances: respiratory acidosis, respiratory alkalosis, metabolic acidosis, and metabolic alkalosis. He elucidates the roles of the lungs and kidneys in maintaining pH balance and explains how to interpret arterial blood gas (ABG) values for each disturbance. The discussion also covers identifying mixed acid-base conditions and understanding partially or fully compensated states in patients.
In the second part of our ABG series Professor Tim Gilmore discuses the indications, clinical implications & the arterial blood gas procedeure itself. Links: TMC Exam Prep CSE Exam Prep ACCS Exam Prep NRP Exam Prep...
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Hey crammers, for this episode on weaning from mechanical ventilation we're happy to have Tim Gilmore back. Tim does a great job at breaking down many of the strategies and tactics you should consider when attempting to liberate your patient from mechanical ventilation. Links: Free CSE Simulation Exam Practice at Free Respiratory Cram Simulations TMC-RRT Exam Prep CSE Exam Prep ACCS Exam Prep...
Hey crammers, this is our third episode in our series on airway management. This monster episode includes over an hour of airway management wit and wisdom from one of our favorite professors Chuck Mulholland. Enjoy!! Links: Free CSE Simulation Exam Practice at Free Respiratory Cram Simulations TMC-RRT Exam Prep CSE Exam Prep...
Hey Crammers, in today's episode we're happy and excited as always to have Professor Tim Gilmore back with us. Professor Gilmore will review initial mechanical ventilation settings. This is a frequent topic both respiratory therapy students and newly employed therapists are concerned with. Professor Gilmore does an excellent job in this episode of breaking down each setting and important considerations to observe when placing your patient on a mechanical ventilator. Links: Free CSE Simulation Ex...
Hey crammers, I thought it would be fun and different to make a quick podcast with my wife who is also a respiratory therapist. We talk about anxiety as respiratory therapy students and as working therapists and some of the ways we've coped with anxiety. Hope you enjoy and please let us know if we should do more of these types of laid back podcasts and what topics you might want us to cover.
Continuing with the theme of mechanical ventilation we are fortunate to have Professor Tim Gilmore compare and contrast both volume control and pressure control modes of ventilation.
In this episode Professor Tim Gilmore reviews the basics of mechanical ventilation.
This is the first of several modules diving into the broad and incredibly important topic of airway management.
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As respiratory students and actively working therapists we have a tendency to focus primarily on developing our technical skills. Wether that is enhancing our understanding of ventilator management or improving our knowledge of respiratory pathology, we are constantly striving to know more. But, what if we are missing something very important by focusing only on technical development. In fact, what if we focus so much on our technical skills that we forget the importance of developing our soft s...
