Ramandeep Kaur

1/17 Recognizing #RespiratoryTherapists: A Call for Inclusion in #Illinois #Healthcare I was recently informed of an issue I should have recognized early, I admit, I am late on this, but here we are... A🧵

"This preliminary work suggests that advancing education for the respiratory therapist workforce may improve the discharge quality of patients with acute respiratory failure and should be further explored." cjrt.ca/article/87641-…

You know why we intubated people for Covid in March 2020? Because otherwise they were going to die. Full. Stop. I remember a patient rolling in with an oxygen saturation of 42%, breathing twice as fast as normal,struggling on a face mask with oxygen all the way up. What to do?

@JeromeAdamsMD Duolingo

Have a trip to Spain later this summer, and want to brush up on (ie relearn from scratch) my Spanish. Babbel, Rosetta Stone, or something else? 🤔

A new index, Respiratory Insufficiency index and Modified Early Warning Scores predict extubation failure @DavidLVinesRRT, @RamandeepRRT Available at cjrt.ca!

Our publication on Gender equity of authorship in pulmonary medicine over the past decade. Thanks for the teamwork @JBradyScott @ShawnaStricklnd sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Meet Nani, one of three @CTCorps therapy dogs who helps lift spirits in our emergency department.

Elsevier is losing editors

Sharing our new publication-- an RCT evaluating CSS w/integrated tube-scraping tech @RamandeepRRT @DavidLVinesRRT @TylerWeissRT @AndyRRT1 @RushUniversity @RushUHealthSci Evaluation of a Closed Suction System With Integrated Tube-Scraping Technology rc.rcjournal.com/content/early/…

What are your thoughts on eating/drinking during HFNC? We surveyed #respiratorytherapists, #speechlanguagepathologists, #registereddietitians, & #physicians #APPs. A Survey of Feeding Practices During High-Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen Therapy rc.rcjournal.com/content/early/…

Healthy lungs vs smokers lungs 😳 #MedEd #MedTwitter H/T @HowThingWork

Research Summary: Acute Effects of Coffee Consumption on Health among Ambulatory Adults (CRAVE) nej.md/3FCvW8j

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The Waterfall of AutoPeep   📌Here is a concept every doctor, nurse & RT must know if you care for pts on #ventilators…intrinsic or auto-PEEP  📌 Tobin’s classic @accpchest waterfall analogy 📌⬆️ safety & comfort in patients w respiratory failure   bit.ly/3JNi9hX

What are the outcomes after critical illness? Great review by Dr. Herridge and @ElieAzoulay5 published on @NEJM Provide a patient and caregiver perspective, during and after ICU Everyone caring for critically ill patients should read this 🔗 nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… #FOAMcc

A MASSIVE moment for Arsenal in the title race 🔥 (via @NBCSportsSoccer)

Full Moon from the International Space Station. 📸 NASA

Cue our #happy dance 🕺 RUSH is one of the World's Best Hospitals, according to Newsweek! Learn more: rsh.md/3mkVnVd #BestHospitals #HealthCare #RUSHExcellence

There is a car, in the hospital parking lot. It is a faded red, covered with dust. Other cars have parked and left on either side of it, every day, but this car remains. I pass by it, as I find parking, on my way in to work. I know what it means. 1/

@TheRealDoctorT This is so beautiful! Thanks for sharing 💖