Oxygen supplies during a mass casualty situation.

Mass casualty and pandemic events pose a substantial challenge to the resources available in our current health care system. The ability to provide adequate oxygen therapy is one of the systems that could be out-stripped in certain conditions. Natural disasters can disrupt manufacturing or delivery, and pandemic events can increase consumption beyond the available supply.

Attitudes of respiratory therapists and nurses about measures to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia: a multicenter, cross-sectional survey study.

Objective: To understand the reported practices of and adherence to evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) among respiratory therapists (RTs) and registered nurses (RNs) in academic and nonacademic intensive care units.

Methods: We conducted a multicenter, cross-sectional survey. We first obtained demographic information about health care professionals in a nonidentifiable method.