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Special CommunicationA Program for Community Training in Respiratory Care
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Training Resources
The project was conducted by members of the division of pulmonary medicine. Personnel involved and the time devoted to the project are listed in Table 1. All but one of these persons had duties other than those related to the project. The total full-time equivalent including all personnel was therefore 5.5 subjects. The pulmonary intensive respiratory care unit, laboratories and classrooms at the medical center were utilized for inhouse training; no special construction or renovations were
RESULTS
Table 4 lists the respiratory care services available in all of the hospitals replying to the original questionnaire in 1969 compared to all responses in 1971. It is apparent that a marked change in the number of services had occurred by the end of the project.
Two hospitals in the Denver metropolitan area developed new comprehensive respiratory care services, including intensive and rehabilitative care, and four hospitals outside the metropolitan area in three geographically important cities
DISCUSSION
The assessment of a training program such as described above is extremely difficult. Although it is easy to quantitate the number of workshops, sessions, people trained and hours spent, the overall impact on medical care cannot be clearly evaluated in a quantitative fashion because of the many factors that relate to medical education and the practice of medicine. It is also possible that many of the improvements in respiratory care services might have taken place without the training program.
3-M ”Sound on Slide” System
This system consists of a self-container slide projector and voice recording that plays automatically. Six cartridges of ”presentations” are currently available. Running time varies, but 20-25 minutes is average.
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Postural Drainage and Breathing Retraining
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Management of Chest Trauma and Use of an Artificial Airway
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Anatomy and Physiology of the Respiratory System (Two parts)
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IPPB Treatments–Bennett PR-1, Bird Mark VII
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Oxygen Flowmeters and Regulators
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Management of Respiratory Disease in Children
RESPIRATORY ROUND ROBIN CALENDAR 1972-1973
Date Hospital Subject September 22 Children's Hospital Pediatric Case Presentations October 6 Fitzsimons General Hospital Physiologic Basis for Respiratory Care November 8 Denver General Hospital Respiratory Problems in Neurology and the Neurosurgery Patient December 8 Presbyterian Hospital A Day with l.T. Equipment: What It Does and How It Is Used January 17 National Jewish Hospital Asthma: Children and Adults February 9 Colorado General Hospital Pediatrics March 16 Boulder Community Hospital Emergency Chest Trauma
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The contributions of Joseph Broughton, M.D., Virginia Carpenter, B.S., Georgia Foss. RPT, Ann Gutherie, RPT, Leonard D. Hudson, M.D., and W. Peter Peterson, M.D., are greatly appreciated.
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Supported by Regional Medical Program Grant 5-G03-RM-00040-01. These findings do not necessarily represent the official position of the Public Health Service.