Memory tools for Respiratory K.I.S.S. in this Blog:

* ACRONYMS - You form acronyms by using each first letter from a group of words to form a new word. This is particularly useful when remembering words in a specified order. Acronyms are very common in ordinary language and in many fields. 

* ACROSTICS - Like acronyms, you use the first letter of each word you are trying to remember.Instead of making a new word, though, you use the letters to make a sentence. 

* ALGORITHMS & TABLES - Algorithms and tables attempt to place information in organized grids and and flowcharts to assist with the organization of information and decision making. 

* BUNCHING or RHYMES - Try to make it easier to remember almost anything, by breaking information into the manageable groups, or "chunks." (Often in sets of 3, Triads/ Triplets, or Rhymes)_. - 

* TECHNOLOGY - Appropriately keeping a mobile clinical library and medical web access in your pocket.

Category: Medication - Bunching

Category: Medication - Bunching

Category: Physical Assessment - FLOWCHART

Updating in April

I will be doing some clean up, simplification and maintenance of the website this April.

Stay tuned.  Looking forward to your input.

Thanks

Bob 

Category: Pulmonary Function - Bunching

3-2-1 of a Successful Pulmonary Function Screen

3 - At least three quality Forced vital Capacity FVC maneuvers.

2 - The two largest of the maneuvers within approximately 150cc.

1 - One maneuver that meets the following 3 criteria:

*  Rapid rise to maximal expiration with no hesitation or cough.    

*  Forced Exhalation lasting at least 6 seconds.

*  Zero flow at the end of exhalation.  

     

What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible. It also wants to create order — not always, but often. And how, as a human being, does one face infinity? How does one attempt to grasp the incomprehensible? Through lists. Philosopher and novelist Umberto Eco