Help for Adherence to Lung-Protective Ventilation … for Those Who Will Accept It

Mending the Torn Fabric: For Those Who Grieve and Those Who Want to Help Them

Tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Protective strategies for one-lung ventilation

provided the original work is properly cited. CC Hypoxemia and acute lung injury (ALI) are major concerns with one-lung ventilation (OLV) during thoracic surgery. Hypoxemia is usually the result of alveolar hypoventilation and an increasing shunt fraction, whereas ALI is caused by ventilatory stress (volutrauma, atelectrauma, and barotrauma), reexpansion pulmonary injury, and the lung surgery i...

Helping those who don't help themselves.

On a recent program night, third-grader Tyrell came to speak with Ms. Dee, our COO. He had received a mattress at Christmas and was now very happy to have his own place to sleep. Tyrell’s mom is out of the house, and he and his siblings live with Granny. He proceeded to tell Ms. Dee his dream of having his mattress “put up” (which meant with a frame and box spring) but wasn’t sure how this was ...

Gaze Interaction For Those Who Want It Most