Blog

Inspire is Armstrong Medical’s monthly blog, breathing life into respiratory care. Succinct, clinical insights for busy healthcare professionals.

Enabling cuddles with delivery room CPAP

The changes that occur for both mother and baby during and after childbirth are truly remarkable. Perhaps the most significant of these changes is the transition that a baby undergoes from being dependent on the mother's placenta for essential oxygenation to becoming self-sufficient by providing its own constant oxygen reserves through breathing.
Enabling cuddles with delivery room CPAP
Enabling cuddles with delivery room CPAP

Enabling cuddles with delivery room CPAP

The changes that occur for both mother and baby during and after childbirth…
Breath of Life: Navigating Oxygen Therapy for PARDS

Breath of Life: Navigating Oxygen Therapy for PARDS

Paediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PARDS) is a type of acute lung injury…
How to THRIVE in the Operating Theatre

How to THRIVE in the Operating Theatre

What is the THRIVE technique? How does it work? Why would you consider…
The importance of early mobilisation in ICU

The importance of early mobilisation in ICU

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) ICU Liberation Campaign (2018) aims to…
The benefits of heating and humidifying gases in the perioperative setting

The benefits of heating and humidifying gases in the perioperative setting

The use of heated and humidified gases in the perioperative setting has become…
The role of heated, humidified resuscitation in reducing pre-term hypothermia

The role of heated, humidified resuscitation in reducing pre-term hypothermia

The landscape of neonatal care has changed drastically since premature babies were cared…
Reducing Medical Device Related Pressure Ulcers

Reducing Medical Device Related Pressure Ulcers

Hospital patients susceptible to pressure ulcers during a stay in hospital is both…
One or two pressures: The differences between CPAP and Bilevel PAP

One or two pressures: The differences between CPAP and Bilevel PAP

With different nomenclatures used in healthcare around the world, it is easy to…
Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Be Prepared

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Be Prepared

Respiratory syncytial virus is an enveloped RNA virus and is in the same…
Fluid filled lungs; causes and treatment

Fluid filled lungs; causes and treatment

Non-invasive positive airway pressure therapy is used extensively in healthcare to support patients…
The highs and lows of the ROX index

The highs and lows of the ROX index

The ROX index (Respiratory rate and OXygenation) gives an indication of who is…
Is there something we can learn from Kangaroos?

Is there something we can learn from Kangaroos?

Recent studies show the early introduction of Kangaroo care can have a dramatic…
Demystifying humidification in ICU

Demystifying humidification in ICU

Inspire is Armstrong Medical’s monthly blog, breathing life into respiratory care. Succinct, clinical…
Breath of Life: Navigating Oxygen Therapy for PARDS

Breath of Life: Navigating Oxygen Therapy for PARDS

Paediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PARDS) is a type of acute lung injury…
How to THRIVE in the Operating Theatre

How to THRIVE in the Operating Theatre

What is the THRIVE technique? How does it work? Why would you consider…
The importance of early mobilisation in ICU

The importance of early mobilisation in ICU

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) ICU Liberation Campaign (2018) aims to…
The benefits of heating and humidifying gases in the perioperative setting

The benefits of heating and humidifying gases in the perioperative setting

The use of heated and humidified gases in the perioperative setting has become…
The role of heated, humidified resuscitation in reducing pre-term hypothermia

The role of heated, humidified resuscitation in reducing pre-term hypothermia

The landscape of neonatal care has changed drastically since premature babies were cared…
Reducing Medical Device Related Pressure Ulcers

Reducing Medical Device Related Pressure Ulcers

Hospital patients susceptible to pressure ulcers during a stay in hospital is both…
One or two pressures: The differences between CPAP and Bilevel PAP

One or two pressures: The differences between CPAP and Bilevel PAP

With different nomenclatures used in healthcare around the world, it is easy to…
Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Be Prepared

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Be Prepared

Respiratory syncytial virus is an enveloped RNA virus and is in the same…
Fluid filled lungs; causes and treatment

Fluid filled lungs; causes and treatment

Non-invasive positive airway pressure therapy is used extensively in healthcare to support patients…
The highs and lows of the ROX index

The highs and lows of the ROX index

The ROX index (Respiratory rate and OXygenation) gives an indication of who is…
Breath of Life: Navigating Oxygen Therapy for PARDS

Breath of Life: Navigating Oxygen Therapy for PARDS

Paediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PARDS) is a type of acute lung injury that occurs in critically ill children.
How to THRIVE in the Operating Theatre

How to THRIVE in the Operating Theatre

What is the THRIVE technique? How does it work? Why would you consider using it?
The importance of early mobilisation in ICU

The importance of early mobilisation in ICU

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) ICU Liberation Campaign (2018) aims to liberate patients from the harmful effects of…
The benefits of heating and humidifying gases in the perioperative setting

The benefits of heating and humidifying gases in the perioperative setting

The use of heated and humidified gases in the perioperative setting has become increasingly popular in recent years due to…
The role of heated, humidified resuscitation in reducing pre-term hypothermia

The role of heated, humidified resuscitation in reducing pre-term hypothermia

The landscape of neonatal care has changed drastically since premature babies were cared for in tiny glass cabinets by Dr…
Reducing Medical Device Related Pressure Ulcers

Reducing Medical Device Related Pressure Ulcers

Hospital patients susceptible to pressure ulcers during a stay in hospital is both unfortunate and an expensive burden to any…
One or two pressures: The differences between CPAP and Bilevel PAP

One or two pressures: The differences between CPAP and Bilevel PAP

With different nomenclatures used in healthcare around the world, it is easy to get caught up in the confusion of…
Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Be Prepared

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Be Prepared

Respiratory syncytial virus is an enveloped RNA virus and is in the same family as the human parainfluenza viruses and…
Fluid filled lungs; causes and treatment

Fluid filled lungs; causes and treatment

Non-invasive positive airway pressure therapy is used extensively in healthcare to support patients with varying lung morbidities causing infections such…
The highs and lows of the ROX index

The highs and lows of the ROX index

The ROX index (Respiratory rate and OXygenation) gives an indication of who is going to succeed or fail on HFOT.
Is there something we can learn from Kangaroos?

Is there something we can learn from Kangaroos?

Recent studies show the early introduction of Kangaroo care can have a dramatic positive impact on the outcomes for preterm…
Demystifying humidification in ICU

Demystifying humidification in ICU

Inspire is Armstrong Medical’s monthly blog, breathing life into respiratory care. Succinct, clinical insights for busy healthcare professionals.
Enabling cuddles with delivery room CPAP

Enabling cuddles with delivery room CPAP

The changes that occur for both mother and baby during and after childbirth…
Breath of Life: Navigating Oxygen Therapy for PARDS

Breath of Life: Navigating Oxygen Therapy for PARDS

Paediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PARDS) is a type of acute lung injury…
How to THRIVE in the Operating Theatre

How to THRIVE in the Operating Theatre

What is the THRIVE technique? How does it work? Why would you consider…
The importance of early mobilisation in ICU

The importance of early mobilisation in ICU

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) ICU Liberation Campaign (2018) aims to…
The benefits of heating and humidifying gases in the perioperative setting

The benefits of heating and humidifying gases in the perioperative setting

The use of heated and humidified gases in the perioperative setting has become…

Our blogs are available in two languages

Please choose your preferred language below: