HFO

[Roy Danks]

Difficult: Yes.  Impossible: by no means.  I think Moore, et al published a paper on that (out of Denver).  Few complications.
 
And, we are fortunate to have KCI's Rotoprone bed.  Best way that I know of, otherwise, is to put another bed next to the patient and do a pancake flip to the other bed.
 
Best of luck.  Tough cases to be certain.
 
RRD



> Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 18:53:22 -0500> From: harthy1973 at yahoo.ca> To: trauma-list at trauma.org> Subject: RE: HFO> > >From my experience it's very difficult to prone poly> trauma patients, especially if they have a temporary> abdominal closure. and bilat. chest tubes> Abdullah> > --- Roy Danks <roydanks at hotmail.com> wrote:> > > Can't speak for evidence. I've used it with some> > very, very bad ARDS, but not pulm contusion> > specifically. It must be a bad case though. Have> > you tried any prone positioning? We had a protocol> > at the Univ of Iowa for adults on HFO...very time> > intensive.> > > > Interesting.> > > > RRD> > > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 07:41:15 -0800> From:> > harthy1973 at yahoo.ca> To: trauma-list at trauma.org>> > Subject: HFO> > I'd like to know the groups'> > experience in the use of HFO ventilation early in> > significant pulmonary contusion, and if there's any> > evidence out there.> > abdullah Al- Harthy> > > Be> > smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at> > giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo!> > Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to New> > Mail today or register for free at> > http://mail.yahoo.ca > --> trauma-list : TRAUMA.ORG>> > To change your settings or unsubscribe visit:>> > http://www.trauma.org/index.php?/community/> >> _________________________________________________________________> > Peek-a-boo FREE Tricks & Treats for You!> > http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us--> > trauma-list : TRAUMA.ORG> > To change your settings or unsubscribe visit:> > http://www.trauma.org/index.php?/community/> > > > > > Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com> --> trauma-list : TRAUMA.ORG> To change your settings or unsubscribe visit:> http://www.trauma.org/index.php?/community/
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