Medical City Dallas Hospital Respiratory Therapy Department
Question: How much PEP is delivered by the Aerobika OPEP? Answer: It’s flow dependent. More flow equals more PEP. As I tested the Aerobika at a normal flow rate, I achieved about 12cmH2O on a “1” setting, and about 20cmH2O on the “5” setting (maximum). Click to read more…
Medical City Dallas Hospital welcomes our new Pediatric Manager, Prince John. Prince comes to us from Children’s Dallas and has previous experience as a Supervisor at Medical City.
Most of you are aware that the BellaVista ventilator is capable of being used not only as a conventional ventilator, but also as a BiPAP, and High Flow Oxygen. Because of a shortage of V60s, 5 of our fleet of BellaVista ventilators have been configured Click to read more…
The following essay was generated using ChatGPT, with he command to “write an essay explaining why EZPAP was preferred over Oscillatory PEP (Aerobika) in the treatment of Rib Fractures. I have reviewed and validated the content and agree with the conclusion. You are free to Click to read more…
Once a month, in a presentation in the Children’s atrium, Chris Mowan, CEO of Medical City Dallas Hospital awards “City Stars” to those individuals that have gone above and beyond. This month, Respiratory Therapy Supervisor Morgan Mora was recognized for her contributions in the CICU. Click to read more…
Congratulations to Sheila for winning the BEE award for her excellent work: Sheila is vital to the discharge planning education and training of our parents of our trach/vent children throughout the tower. The skill level that it takes to ensure that our trach/vent children are Click to read more…
Please help me welcome the following students from University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio this month: This is a great opportunity for both the students to experience our world-class NICU, and for Medical City to recruit some awesome talent. Let’s make this a Click to read more…
There is a nationwide shortage of the nebulized drug albuterol sulfate. As of February 27, 2023 the stated reason for the shortage of Albuterol is “supply chain issues related to the pandemic”. Where I might have believed this in 2021, I think now there must Click to read more…
All Medical City Dallas RT Employees that were here in 2022 please fill out your self-evaluation, and two peer-evaluations. Get these forms at Davida’s desk and give them to your supervisor once they are completed. If you need to know who is your supervisor currently, Click to read more…
We were called to duty, and all of the Respiratory Therapists made it in on this icy day in the metroplex. Great work; living the mission statement: committed to the care and improvement of human life. Live view of 75 Central Expy.