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Four-part refresher and overview of oxygenation and ventilation of COVID-19 patients, for health care professionals whose routines are not in critical care. Drafted by the American Heart Association, American Association for Respiratory Care - AARC and The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️👀💪

Module 1: Non-invasive Support Overview
Module 2: Airway Management
Module 3: Ventilation Equipment
Module 4: Ventilation Management

Vids (Vimeo) and PDF slides.

https://cpr.heart.org/en/resources/coronavirus-covid19-resources-for-cpr-training/oxygenation-and-ventilation-of-covid-19-patients

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An study demonstrates eosinophils increased airway innervation and triggered and airway hyperresponsiveness. 👀👀 http://ow.ly/ybBv50jeKLg

The American has put together a quick resource guide for keeping yourself healthy after a hurricane and flooding. 👀💪

Hurricane Preparation and Clean Up: How to Protect Your Lung Health In addition to devastating destruction from winds, flooding and the aftermath of hurricanes can also have deadly impacts on lung health. Floods and natural disasters of this kind can put anyone's lungs at risk, but members of your family facing the greatest risk include children, older adults and th...

Childhood asthma may alter brain gene expressions related to stress and seratonin, and may lead to anxiety in adults. 👀👀

Lung inflammation from childhood asthma linked with later anxiety | Penn State University Persistent lung inflammation may be one possible explanation for why having asthma during childhood increases your risk for developing anxiety later in life, according to Penn State researchers.

Independent of age, asthma was associated with bone fracture for boys, but not girls, a new study from finds. 👈😱 http://ow.ly/RTAS50h6gln

A new study finds that

Attending preschool/daycare:

1. helps protect against asthma in children 3-5 years of age.
2. doesn't help protect kids 6 years or older.
3. raises the risk of wheezing in kids 2 years old or younger.
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Working Parents, Take a Deep Breath: Preschool, Daycare Do Not Raise Asthma Risk Early child care does not boost children’s risk for developing asthma.

Athletes with asthma are more likely to win medals than their competitors. 💪⛷ via Popular Science

Mortality rates in older adults with asthma are five times higher than younger patients.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/like-age-asthma/

What it's like to age with asthma Death rates for older adults with asthma are five times that of younger patients, according to a new review of asthma among seniors. And medical...

Asthma patients in Louisiana face higher risk of mortality than those in any other U.S. state.

Asthma serious problem in Louisiana Asthma is a serious problem in Louisiana but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Environmental Health are...

See-through tech monitors lung fluid volume in heart failure patients. 🔭💖

'The association between asthma and type 1 diabetes is more complex than we previously thought.'