Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Washington State Department of Health EMT Basic Curriculum Developed by: Lynn Wittwer, MD, MPD Marc Muhr, EMT-P.
Pre-Hospital CPAP What the EMS Medical Director should know Keith Wesley, MD Wisconsin State EMS Medical Director [email protected].
Bronchopulmonary Hygiene CRT 3? = 2% RRT 3?. Upper Lobes –bed flat or sitting RML or LLingula –foot of bed elevated 15° Lower Lobes –Foot of bed elevated.
Concepts and Use Presented and adapted by Todd Lang, MD.
Respiratory Care Modalities. Oxygen Therapy Administration of oxygen at greater than 21% (the concentration of oxygen in room air) to provide adequate.
CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE CPAP. Objectives Define CPAP Understand pathophysiology EMS applications Protocol implementation.
Lectures on respiratory physiology Control of Ventilation.
Respiratory Physiology - introduction Daniel Hodyc Department of Physiology UK 2.LF.
Weakness in the Critically Ill Patient Susan M. Stickevers, MD Program Director, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, SUNY Stony Brook.
