tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post8550296294846948652..comments2024-01-10T09:56:49.324-05:00Comments on Respiratory Therapy Cave: The skyrocketing healthcare cost debacleRick Freahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-25353792402154318452008-02-25T09:13:00.000-05:002008-02-25T09:13:00.000-05:00Since I've been doing my research on aerosol proto...Since I've been doing my research on aerosol protocols in an attempt to get one enacted here at Shoreline, I've learned that many larger hospitals recommend RTs use an MDI before an aerosol, especially in the emergency room setting. Since cost is a major selling point with the admins here, perhaps we could use this as a selling point. Using MDIs, you'd think, would be a major cost savings for any hospital.Rick Freahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-18817180615993478892008-02-25T08:53:00.000-05:002008-02-25T08:53:00.000-05:00"Likewise, why would doctors continue to order Neb..."Likewise, why would doctors continue to order Nebulizers when they aren't indicated, when studies show that a correctly used MDI with spacer works just as well as a nebulizer, and most patients can do the MDI on their own for free, minus the initial education and cost of the inhaler."<BR/><BR/>Yes, yes, YES. Do you know, when my kid was diagnosed and we were given an nebulizer, the drs. basically told me she *couldn't* use an inhaler because she was too young? (age 2) It took a Canadian parent--where, apparently, drs. do NOT prescribe nebulizers in lieu of inhalers for home use--on a messageboard to tell me about spacers and inhalers for little kids.<BR/><BR/>Only when I made an absolute nuisance of myself did anyone let her try it. Is it any wonder healthcare costs are so high when parents have to fight for the CHEAPER alternative? Grrrrrr. This is a huge pet peeve, if you can't tell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-35659202207569480342008-02-25T06:00:00.000-05:002008-02-25T06:00:00.000-05:00Thanks for citing my posting, I've enjoyed the dis...Thanks for citing my posting, I've enjoyed the discussion this has started. Keep up the good workAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01763856556153355491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-61986897435089829202008-02-24T20:51:00.000-05:002008-02-24T20:51:00.000-05:00freadom, you make some excellent points about the ...freadom, you make some excellent points about the high cost of healthcare. i also think that wherever millions of dollars are at stake, things are not likely to change. especially if the change is to benefit the larger and less economically fortunate.<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>mariaicanseeclearlynowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17239756059040062016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-42132623148341284732008-02-24T09:35:00.000-05:002008-02-24T09:35:00.000-05:00I don't know the answer to the current healthcare ...I don't know the answer to the current healthcare insurance system but I'm not in a huge rush to join Canada. While the costs may be managed the care is less than optimal. My asthmatic friends indicate they must wait 3 months or more for a chest ct whereas I can get one the next day. Even though my meds would be cheaper, I cannot imagine those kinds of waits for additional tests are considered productive in treating any chronic (or not) disease.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-81547415090955375552008-02-23T14:55:00.000-05:002008-02-23T14:55:00.000-05:00Occasionally we have a CF patient in our little ho...Occasionally we have a CF patient in our little hospital, but not very often.Rick Freahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-61038438462897393252008-02-23T14:28:00.000-05:002008-02-23T14:28:00.000-05:00Thanks for stopping by my blog. You have lots to ...Thanks for stopping by my blog. You have lots to talk about! I have MG as you read in that post. After I had a thymectomy in 1991, I went home and began to have symptoms that I had never had before. I ended back up in the hospital and the next morning crashed. (I was so glad I was back there.) The RT's were wonderful. <BR/><BR/>I was intubated for a week, and when I got back up to the floor from ICU, the young woman who had squeezed the bag while I was wheeled down to ICU told me that she had just graduated three weeks earlier and wondered what she would do in an emergency. I thanked her and told her she did just fine.<BR/><BR/>Do you work with patients with CF? My little granddaughter who is 18 months old has it. So far she is very well, thankfully, but I know the day will come...Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269872465115056916noreply@blogger.com