by Steve Maloney RRT Recently, a facility requested portable oxygen for a complex diabetic patient prior to discharge. It was reported that the patient and family were capable of managing home oxygen, tracheostomy aerosol, nebulizer, and suction. The man was obtunded and flat on his back in bed. He denied that he knew how to […]
Not a Job, an Adventure: I Jumped the Respiratory Ship but I Drowned in Nursing
by Jeffrey Waldman RN, RRT After high school I was inclined to study business at the local community college and see what opportunities were there to make a living. I completed an associate degree in business. However, my father had met a gentleman at the gym who was a respiratory therapist. The allied health fields […]
