RT Cheat sheets & Protocols

Cheat Sheets:

1. Adult (part 1): (Ideal VT, setting up vent, optimal PEEP, when to stop wean, considerations for readiness to wean patient from ventilator.
2. Adult (part 2): (RT formulas, ARDS vent strategy, Guidelines to adjusting vents, EKGs part 1, determining level of consciousness)
3. Adult (part 3): (INterpreting EKGs part 2, Adjusting Flow Term,
4. Adult (part 4) : (Indications for calling Dr., Interpreting lab results, Interpreting EKGs part 3
5. Adult (part 5) : Risk for pneum, DIC, Sepsis and pnuemonia
6. Neonatal (part 1): (Guidelines to setting up neo vent, normal neo gases, ideal neo VTs)
7. Neonatal (part 2): (Determining neo ETT, laryngoscope, where to secure ETT, and VTs; setting up CPAP; Guidelines to setting up peds vent
8. Interpreting Capnography
9. Ventilator Graphics (part 1)
10. Ventilator Graphics (part 2)
11. Easy way to determine Static Compliance and RSBI

Protocols:

1. RT Consult
2. RT Consult Form (side 1)
3. RT Consult Form (side 2)
4. ER RT Consult
5. Vent set-up protocol
6. Ventilator RT Consult
7. Ventilator Extubation Protocol
8. Oxygen protocol

Materials for patient use:

1. Peak flow flowsheet (side 1 and 2)