Posts in the CTS Guidelines & Charts Category at British Columbia Respiratory Therapy

What is the CAT?
CTS Guidelines & Charts

What is the CAT?

Quotation from Catestonline: The CAT is a short, simple and validated assessment, which measures the impact of COPD on a …Read the Rest

Canadian Thoracic Society 2011 guideline update: Diagnosis and treatment of sleep disordered breathing
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Canadian Thoracic Society 2011 guideline update: Diagnosis and treatment of sleep disordered breathing

The Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) published an executive summary of guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disordered breathing …Read the Rest

2010 changes in CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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2010 changes in CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

The 2010 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC once again emphasize the need for high-quality CPR, including • A compression …Read the Rest

Difficult Airway Society (UK) Guidelines [Check the medical alert bracelet!!!!]
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Difficult Airway Society (UK) Guidelines [Check the medical alert bracelet!!!!]

When a patient comes in to the ER department, make sure you check the medical alert braclet for the “Difficult …Read the Rest

Management of Community Acquired PneumoniaATS/IDSA Guidelines 2006
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Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia ATS/IDSA Guidelines 2006

  Mazen Kherallah, MD, FCCP Consultant, Infectious Disease and Critical Care Medicine King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center BTS, …Read the Rest

Comprehensive Lung Recruitment Strategy Guidline
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Comprehensive Lung Recruitment Strategy Guidline

Reference: Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2006) vol. 174 (3) pp. 268-78/ respiratoryresource.ca   Lung Recruitment Assess for any …Read the Rest

New CPR guide stresses hard, fast pushes
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New CPR guide stresses hard, fast pushes

Article from CBC news: Rather than the ABCs of Airway, Breathing and Compressions, the new guidelines for health- care providers …Read the Rest

2010 CTS Guideline Optimizing pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – practical issues
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2010 CTS Guideline Optimizing pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – practical issues

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) participation is the standard of care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who remain symptomatic …Read the Rest

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