tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post2252842610581788662..comments2024-01-10T09:56:49.324-05:00Comments on Respiratory Therapy Cave: No more mist tentsRick Freahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-84818849044229499052014-04-24T12:29:43.585-04:002014-04-24T12:29:43.585-04:00In 2004 my first son was diagnosed with croup. Af...In 2004 my first son was diagnosed with croup. After sitting in the pediatricians office for about 3 hours, suddenly she decided that it was a dramatic emergency that my son need to be rushed to the hospital for further treatment. He oxygen saturation in the pediatrician's office had never gone below 97%. I didn't know what a "good" range was...but I knew that I was tired, cranky, and hungry, my newborn was tired, cranky, and hungry, and my 2 year old with croup was definitely tired, cranky, and hungry. It was about 7 p.m. I told the pediatrician I was going home to get a change of clothes for everyone and some dinner, THEN I would go to the hospital. She was quite annoyed with me. I did it anyway.<br /><br />I got to the hospital where an oxygen tent was set up for my son. After a lot of coaxing, he went into it, but was not happy. I managed to get him to fall asleep despite the loud noise he was making. <br /><br />But then he woke up about and hour later and wanted out, and no amount of coaxing could get him back in. I even tried laying under the tent with him...at which point all hope of getting him to stay under there was lost, because I discovered it was MUCH louder under the tent than sitting right beside it.<br /><br />I'm an employee safety specialist. Even without a noise meter I could tell you that if I allowed an employee to work in an environment with such loud noise levels without requiring hearing protection, OSHA would have a field day. <br /><br />Just a few minutes ago on "drugs.com" I saw a comment about care providers taping gauze over a baby's ears to provide hearing protection while using an oxygen tent. REALLY? GAUZE? That will do VERY little to reduce the noise reaching the baby's ears, unless enough gauze to make the kid look like Mickey Mouse is used. <br /><br />Not only can noise exposure cause hearing loss in the long run, it can cause stress and elevated blood pressure in the short run, which certainly is not a good thing for a sick child. I find it amazing that the effects of noise exposure in medical treatment of children (think numerous loud alarms in NICUs) is not really considered.Knitted in the Wombhttp://www.knittedinthewomb.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-50808224198756245712013-03-25T05:09:54.268-04:002013-03-25T05:09:54.268-04:00Hey, thank you, I did not know that. Will have to...Hey, thank you, I did not know that. Will have to add this to my history of respiratory therapy over at hardluckasthma.blogspot.com Rick Freahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-53528773613594207302013-03-24T16:46:51.931-04:002013-03-24T16:46:51.931-04:00The first practical oxygen tent was invented by Do...The first practical oxygen tent was invented by Doctor Benjamin Eliasoph in 1921, at The Mount Sinai Hospital,New York, with rubberized fabric from the Goodyear Rubber Company, Aeronautical Division used for balloons such as the widely known Goodyear Blimp Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com