Joseph
Priestly, Joseph Black, John Dalton, Gay-Lussac;
Reynolds number, Thomas Graham, Thomas Beddoes, he’s our man.
Air entrainment, sublimation, Torricelli, condensation;
Cryogenics, hygroscopics, hyperbaric box.
Ambu bag, duck bill, one way
valve, living will;
Wheezes, crackles, rhonchi, patient has an MI.
Apneustic flow time, gotta start an art line;
OR/NOR, AND/NAND, FLIP/FLOP, Monaghan.
WE BREATHED FOR A PATIENT
He was barely breathing when he came in wheezing
WE BREATHED FOR A PATIENT
So we passed a tube in and we didn’t lose him
Wall neb treatment, blow it by,
bubble jet, humidify;
Emphysema, non-rebreather, complete heart block.
Trach tube, NT tube, pull it early might die;
DISS, PISS, quick connect, gotta do a vent check.
Isuprel,
Atropine, Ventolin and Dopamine;
Mucolytic, Mucomyst, hock a lugey, C & S.
Deviate, turbinate, trouble in your airway.
WE
BREATHED FOR A PATIENT
He was barely breathing when he came in wheezing
WE BREATHED FOR A PATIENT
So we passed a tube in and we didn’t lose him
Wear your gloves, mask a must, OSHA is after us;
Sputum, green and thick, Pseudomonas, suction quick!
840, Bennett’s best, Adult Star, it meets the test;
ABGs, needle’s bent, ventilator management.
The Bivona
fome cuff, lo pressure, not enough;
Carlens, Endotrol, patient needs Brevitol.
Croup tent or mist tent, go to PEDS you might get bit;
Working night shift, psychos, Gun Shot Wound, here we go!
WE
BREATHED FOR A PATIENT
He was barely breathing when he came in wheezing
WE BREATHED FOR A PATIENT
So we passed a tube in and we didn’t lose him
Heliox,
carbogen, mix it up, breathe it in;
Inhale, exhale, CO2 retention.
Diffusing capacity, blow it out to FRC;
Vd/Vt gets too big, work to breathe.
Job
search, resume, interviewing all day;
Managed care, here to stay, what else do I have to say?
WE BREATHED FOR A PATIENT
He was barely breathing when he came in wheezing
WE BREATHED FOR A PATIENT
So we passed a tube in and we didn’t lose him
Meconium,
aspirate, hyaline membrane we hate;
ECMO, Bear Cub, Baby Bird, Servo.
Trach care, change ties, pat it dry, don’t cough or it will fly.
Intubate, ventilate, FIO2 get it straight;
Comatose, DNR, don’t do CPR.
Take our textbooks to the beach,
That’s what our teachers always preached.
Patient coding in the floor,
I can’t take it anymore!
WE
BREATHED FOR A PATIENT
He was barely breathing when he came in wheezing
WE BREATHED FOR A PATIENT
So we passed a tube in and we didn’t lose him
Jackie Bush
is a Respiratory Therapy instructor at Our Lady OF The Lake College in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. From the looks of things, we could use a lot more
like her. |
