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Patients with ARDS should be cared for in an intensive care unit, where experienced staff and all needed equipment are available. Enough fluid must be provided, by vein if necessary, to prevent dehydration. Also, the patient's nutritional.
The degree of respiratory distress determines treatment. Individuals with mild symptoms are treated as if they have a cold with rest, fluids, and a cool air humidifier. Babies who are struggling to breathe may hospitalized and given.
Divers with decompression illness, climbers in high altitude, patients suffering from severe carbon dioxide poisoning, and children or adults in acute respiratory distress may require oxygen chamber therapy.
When working in respiratory therapy you will work with patients that have a history with respiratory problems such as asthma, influenza, and emphysema. They can provide everyday care for those patients as well as emergency care.
Respiratory care therapists evaluate patients, administer diagnostic tests and provide therapeutic treatments to patients who have breathing or other cardiopulmonary disorders.
A Pulmonologist is a doctor that specializes in the respiratory system. A Respiratory Therapists evaluate, treat, and care for patients with breathing or other cardiopulmonary disorders but does not have to be an MD.
Patients with bacterial meningitis go into respiratory isolation rooms because the bacteria can be spread via the respiratory tract and respiratory secretions, hence the droplet isolation. Patients should be isolated for at least 48 hours worth of appropriate antibiotic therapy or until the correct pathogen is identified. While most patients are isolated at the the onset of symptoms, viral meningitis unlike bacterial does not require strict isolation as it is usually spread from enterovirus and thorough handwashing, especially after toileting will contain it.
In patients with chronic hypercapnia such as COPD, respirations are primarily stimulated by hypoxia.
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According to the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC);Respiratory therapists work to evaluate, treat, and care for patients with breathing disorders. They work with patients of all ages and in many different care settings. Respiratory therapists are members of the health care team that provide respiratory care for patients with heart and lung disorders. Most respiratory therapists work in hospitals where they perform intensive care, critical care, and neonatal procedures. They are also typically a vital part of the hospital's lifesaving response team that handles patient emergencies. Of the more than 7,000 hospitals in this country, about 5,700 have separate respiratory care departments. An increasing number of respiratory therapists are now working in skilled nursing facilities, physicians' offices, home health agencies, specialized care hospitals, medical equipment supply companies, and patients' homes.
A condition in which patients with lung disease are not able to get enough oxygen.