Rhonchi

An aerosol type I had not heard of before, from a company called Ventaira:
Pulmonary Drug Delivery Using Mystic Technology
Ventaira’s pulmonary devices, which are based on electrohydrodynamic (EHD) aerosol delivery, enable efficient, safe and consistent delivery of drugs to and through the lungs.
Ventaira inhalation devices utilizing Mystic technology (EHD), deliver a low velocity, soft (isokinetic) cloud [...]

Horrible news. All RTs can tell stories about patients on Oxygen who continue to smoke despite the risk and warnings. Here’s an especially tragic story.
Reckless smoker a killer, cops say - 03/21/06 - The Detroit News
Because of his history of reckless smoking, Renwicj has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the infant’s death, [...]

This is a horrible, horrible story out of San Diego. It hurts me to even post about it on this blog, but the fact is it’s the story of an RT. This man’s conduct violates just about every code of professional conduct, hospital policy, law, and moral and ethical truth possible. The story makes me [...]

It’s not often one sees news in the media about the difficulty in managing the ventilation of a patient. I love the line about ventilating a brick.
VOA News - Bad Bugs Need New Drugs
An aggressive staph infection called MRSA had eaten a hole in his lungs. Scott Smith says over the next two months the [...]

Nice story of a successful pulmonary rehab program:
The Advocate - Pulmonary program thrives after 10 years
…Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program, which began 10 years ago under Dr. Paul Sachs, director of pulmonary medicine at Stamford hospital. They celebrated the anniversary of the program to coincide with National Pulmonary Rehabilitation week, March 12-18.
“This program was wonderful,” said Burt, [...]

This looks useful:
CPHP Learning Center: Terrorism, Preparedness, and Public Health: An Introduction
At the end of this course, public health workers will be competent to describe the public health role in emergency response in a range of potential or possible emergencies and to recognize unusual events that might indicate an emergency and describe appropriate action. [...]

Carthage Press
Respiratory therapists and students from across Missouri, including McCune-Brooks Hospital’s own Chalaine Bell and Heather Neil, visited Jefferson City in February to discuss several legislative actions regarding respiratory care in Missouri

This is all the talk of the AARC disaster preparedness mailing lists. Even I, so many years out of practice in the RT game feel like I could provide help with mechanical ventilation if bird flu hits in earnest. This is assuming of course, I myself am not put down by the flu!
Hospitals Short on [...]

Roomba and Respiratory Care… a connection I never would have imagined. Maybe Roomba needs DME (durable medical equipment) status.
Consumer Reports On Roomba
Several people with respiratory problems like allergies were extremely happy because the Roomba tirelessly cleans their rooms even when they are too tired to vacuum.

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension makes… strange bedfellows?
Viagra can help the young and breathless - Health - Times Online
Until now Viagra (sildefanil) has been used mainly to correct the common problem of impotence in older men panting away in bed. But now it has a new medicinal purpose, for which it will be renamed Revatio. It will [...]