Files

Videos

Lung Recruitment -

Animal model (rabbit I think) of a lung ventilated at different levels of PEEP (0 cmH2O - 15 cmH2O) and the recruitment and derecuitment that occurs.

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Arterial Line Placement -

This video from the New England Journal of Medicine will demonstrate arterial line placement in the radial artery using two of the many techniques available for arterial line placement, an over-the-wire technique and an over-the-needle technique.

YouTube.com | GoogleVideo | NEJM

 

Documents

Classification of Larngoscopic Views PDF

A brief review of the Cormack-Lehane grading system.

 

Lung Protective Ventilation PDF

A poster presentation enforcing 6ml/kg tidal volumes based on ideal not actual body-weight in ALI/ARDS patients.

 

Ideal Body Weight Table PDF

Male and female ideal body-weights calculated along with tidal volumes ranging from 4 ml/kg to 10 ml/kg. From ARDSnet.