What you received was a small grey tube. Notice that on one side there is a small red dot. Insert your Midmark mouth piece into the end with the red dot (as seen in the picture). Push and Twist to insure a tight fit. Place this union of filter and adapter into your midmark unit. [&hellip
Recommendation from ERS Group (Respiratory function technologists /Scientists) Lung function testing during COVID-19 pandemic and beyond Hello My Friends I hope everyone is doing well. I just wanted to pass this along, ERS came out with their guidelines, and ATS soon to follow. The highlighted section on page two designates the requirement for BVFs. I’ll [&hellip
Safe Spirometry Is About You Too! Protect yourself and your work area from covid, TB, flu, measles and even the common cold. Use Filtered Mouth Pieces to Protect You and Your Patients Look at this example. (Right). When this patient blows with all her might, what area do you think she might be exposing [&hellip
Tympanometry as an Effective Hearing Screening Tool By Cassie Tuell Au.D., CCC-A The most common developmental disorder identified at birth is hearing loss. The prevalence of hearing loss also increases in school-aged children due to late onset hearing loss, acquired hearing loss, and hearing loss that has not been previously identified. According to the American [&hellip
Vision or hearing loss / autism risk Are you implementing an early detection program by Laura Geggel / 31 October 2013 Children with poor vision or a hearing loss are more likely to be diagnosed with autism than are those in the general population, reports a large epidemiological study published in October1.The study, published in [&hellip
autism and a vision and/or hearing disorder A child’s dual diagnoses—autism and a vision and/or hearing disorder—are best addressed at the same time. A child’s age when autism and a vision and/or hearing disorder is diagnosed, and which disorder is diagnosed , can be critical. However, families have reported a time lag of 18 months [&hellip
Remote Monitoring for your patients Most of these devices are Available with the ability to link to your PC. or mobile device using a cable or bluetooth.Session data may be transmitted to Vitalograph Reports, Spirotrac or an API developers’ kit is available for providers of e-Diary, home hub and telemedicine solutions. Billing and coding 94014 [&hellip
Do you treat osteoarthritis? Osteoarthritis is estimated to affect over 30 million people in the Unites States alone, this equals to almost 1 in every 10 people dealing with the painful effects of arthritis. That means if your family practice is seeing only 10 to 15 patients a day, at least 1 of them probably [&hellip
Respiratory Care Professionals & COVID-19 #healthcare #hospital #respitory We are getting a number of calls and email inquiries regarding both BVF Filters & Lung Monitors. Here is the breakdown of those conversations. 1. BVF filters should be used with every patient that uses a Spirometer Spirometer Filters | RB Instruments a. 99.999% Cross Contamination Efficiency [&hellip
A True Story This actually happened in a large chain clinic. I’m in a doctor’s office last week working on some other equipment and I can hear a nurse and a mother trying to work with a five-year-old to complete a wall chart screening. The child is acting up. The mother and nurse are both [&hellip