Impact of Providing a Tape Measure on the Provision of Lung-protective Ventilation
Introduction: Emergency department (ED) patients are frequently ventilated with excessively large tidal volumes for predicted body weight based on height, which has been linked to poorer patient outcomes. We hypothesized that supplying tape measures to respiratory therapists (RT) would improve measu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3k14s9s6 |