tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post8934630424753062120..comments2024-01-10T09:56:49.324-05:00Comments on Respiratory Therapy Cave: More money wasted in the ERRick Freahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-11246771896261113652008-10-03T12:46:00.000-04:002008-10-03T12:46:00.000-04:00my point exactlymy point exactlyRick Freahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-81088071586942824342008-10-03T11:17:00.000-04:002008-10-03T11:17:00.000-04:00it may just be me being new but why did they need ...it may just be me being new but why did they need to treat a pneumo with treatment?newRTguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921269345568948757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-29685964241148807222008-07-21T06:36:00.000-04:002008-07-21T06:36:00.000-04:00If someone really needed a treatment in ER the sam...If someone really needed a treatment in ER the same time someone on the floor needed therapy, the ER nurses are the best at helping out.Rick Freahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-89784474741053802662008-07-21T01:15:00.000-04:002008-07-21T01:15:00.000-04:00Well, if you can't leave the ER that's a problem. ...Well, if you can't leave the ER that's a problem. We are able to place a patient on a continous if they are on the monitor, and then we are able to leave. They usually have to be in the ER, the Unit or in the Stepdown units. The RN's take the patient off the cont. neb when they are done. <BR/><BR/>But, if you have to stay with the patient...that is a big problem.Yo mama!https://www.blogger.com/profile/00949042100993878709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-41884346015426950312008-07-20T21:03:00.000-04:002008-07-20T21:03:00.000-04:00Heck, the management loves it. Keep in mind, howe...Heck, the management loves it. Keep in mind, however, that the hospital rarely is reimbured the whole cost of anything. The only people who pay the full cost are people without insurance. Go figure that one out.Rick Freahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-53297868871600352982008-07-20T10:53:00.000-04:002008-07-20T10:53:00.000-04:00Yeah man that is kind of the bane of the RT's exis...Yeah man that is kind of the bane of the RT's existence. I vary rarely encounter Q1 treatments, but when I do it is part of our asthma protocol and I can space the treatments out as the PT progresses.<BR/><BR/>It really sucks in your situation where you cover the ER and have to report back to your regular assignment.<BR/><BR/>I would think that hospital management would care about all this waste but they never seem to mind or do anything about all the un-needed respiratory treatments.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288607465127714719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-39235142170251684462008-07-20T10:48:00.000-04:002008-07-20T10:48:00.000-04:00$88 bucks?...that's cheap!At UCSF (where I go) Neb...$88 bucks?...that's cheap!<BR/><BR/>At UCSF (where I go) Neb txs are $190 each .Throw in a PF check and it jumps $350. A cont neb is $ 1500 per day! A ventilator $3,000 per day.<BR/><BR/>This is my favorite...An Advair 500/50 diskus at UCSF is $900 bucks! <BR/><BR/>Someone's getting rich and it aint the RTs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-34871873780836666682008-07-20T06:49:00.000-04:002008-07-20T06:49:00.000-04:00I think continuous txs are worse, because then I c...I think continuous txs are worse, because then I can't leave ER at all. Which I wouldn't mind, if the patient neede continuous. <BR/><BR/>I wish it was appropriate behavior to slap a doctor who ordered such stupid stuff, but unfortunately it's not. <BR/><BR/>However, sometimes, being a small hospital and I'm the only therapist on, some of those Q1 hours get done Q1.5-2 hours (unless they are really needed.Rick Freahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-32625436871692912102008-07-20T02:07:00.000-04:002008-07-20T02:07:00.000-04:00Honestly, why Q1 treatments? Why not just slap a ...Honestly, why Q1 treatments? Why not just slap a continous neb on them...10 to 15mg over the hour and be done with it. WHY waste everyone's time with the Q1?<BR/><BR/>We have a PA in the ER that orders 3 back to back V/A treatments BEFORE she will even think about ordering a continuous. <BR/><BR/>Seriously, I want to slap the shit out of her every time she does that crap.Yo mama!https://www.blogger.com/profile/00949042100993878709noreply@blogger.com