Clinicians Must Recognize the Signs of Respiratory Compromise: An Interview With Pamela Parker, BSN, RN, CAPA

by Michael Wong, JD (Executive Director, Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety) On July 23, 2007, 17-year old Logan died after successfully undergoing routine surgery to correct his sleep apnea. [caption id="attachment_207" align="aligncenter" width="250"] Click on the image of...
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Reducing Rapid Response Calls by 50% and Avoiding Respiratory Depression During Conscious Sedation: An Interview with Richard Kenney, RRT

by Michael Wong, JD (Executive Director, Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety) White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles has experienced a “better than fifty percent reduction in calls of rapid responses”, according to Richard Kenney, MSM, RRT, NPS, ACCS, RCP (Director, Re...
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Proposal Extension to February 1, 2016

The Respiratory Compromise Institute (RCI) has called for proposals to conduct a structured literature review or meta-analysis of various clinical conditions that pose a moderate to high risk for the development of respiratory failure leading to critical illness or death. To provide researcher...
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Respiratory Compromise Institute Calls for Proposals on Respiratory Failure Leading to Critical Illness or Death

The Respiratory Compromise Institute (RCI) today called for proposals to conduct a structured literature review or meta-analysis of various clinical conditions that pose a moderate to high risk for the development of respiratory failure leading to critical illness or death. The request for applic...
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