RSV Season And You

Fall brings sweater weather, crunchy leaves, pumpkin spice everything, football, and of course RSV. Fall to Spring generally means lock down and minimal visitors for medically complex families. So what is RSV and why is it so scary for our babies? RSV stands for respiratory syncytial virus. It starts out with upper respiratory symptoms like …

Respiratory Humor

Here's the grand finale of Respiratory Care Week. Just keep breathin'! Good luck not getting this stuck in your head, but hey you'll learn the respiratory system. https://youtu.be/m-vJc1olyec Respiratory therapy. You may think it's easy, but it's SNOT!

Sick Season Prep

Being the parent of a medically complex child, you tend to quickly turn into a germaphobe. You probably own double digits of hand sanitizers, lysol sprays, and have mastered the art of giving the evil eye to anyone who doesn't cover their cough or sneeze. As you should! Once sick season hits, everyday germ watch …

Neb Compressor 101

If you or your child have been prescribed a nebulizer compressor, you may have some questions like; how to use it, and what is the difference between a nebulizer and an inhaler. Hopefully this will answer all questions you may have and help make you a nebulizer pro. So what is a nebulizer compressor? A …

Respiratory Fun Facts

1. A person usually breathes an average of 13 pints of air every minute. That's a lot of air exchange in one day. 2. Lungs aren’t the same size. To make room for the heart, the right lung is larger than the left lung. 3. Lungs float on water. No matter how hard we exhale, our lungs will …

You Might Be A Trach Parent If…

I stumbled across this perfectly written article by a trach mom and I had to share. I'm sure A LOT of you can relate to this. Trachin' ain't easy! You might be a trach mom if... You have ever looked into a trach tube to check for a plug and got secretions shot at you. …

CPAP Humor

Getting a CPAP isn't necessarily a fun thing to do, but here's a little humor for all my CPAP people. https://youtu.be/ZU4-Ge7PJr0

The Respiratory Therapist is There…

It's October, so that means it's time to celebrate Respiratory Care week. Respiratory Therapy is a career that is often unappreciated or sometimes even completely unknown. I made it almost completely through nursing school, before I discovered this beautifully wonderful field that lets me be a "diaphragm and up" kind of gal. As most RT's …

Artificial Noses Are Awesome

Someone just read that title and said to their self, “What? I’ll keep my regular nose”. Artificial noses are for people who also have an artificial airway (trach tube). Our bodies normal way of giving the air we breathe heat and humidity, is through our nose and our mouth. This is also how our bodies …

So, Your Child Is Going Home On A Ventilator

That's a scary sentence to hear. How on Earth can you manage a life sustaining device at home... by yourself? When it comes to your kids, people can do AMAZING things, including this. In this article we will go over the basics, see what everything looks like, and get a little groundwork to get you …