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Clinical Foundations is dedicated to providing healthcare professionals with clinically relevant, evidence-based topics. Clinical Foundations is pleased to announce a webinar series featuring leading healthcare professionals. To find out more about the current webinar and to register, go to Each webinar is accred-ited for CRCEs and Branson, MS, RRT, FAARC Professor of Surgery, EmeritusUniversity of Cincinnati College of MedicineCincinnati, OHKathleen Deakins, MS, RRT, NPSManager, Women s Children s Respiratory CareUniversity Hospital, Rainbow Babies & ChildrenCleveland, OHWilliam Galvin, MSEd, RRT, CPFT, AE-C, FAARCProgram Director, Respiratory Care ProgramGwynedd Mercy College, Gwynedd Valley, Haas, MS, RRT, FAARCEducational & Research CoordinatorUniversity Hospitals and Health CentersAnn Arbor, MIRichard Kallet, MSc, RRT, FAARC Director of Quality Assurance, Respiratory Care ServicesUSCF General HospitalSan Francisco, CANeil MacIntyre, MD, FAARC Medical Director of Respiratory Services Duke University Medical Center Durham, NCTim Op t Holt, EdD, RRT, AE-C, FAARC Professor, Department of Respiratory Care and Cardiopulmonary Sciences University of Southern Alabama Mobile.

understanding. Oxygen therapy is only ef-fective when the application is consistent. Comfort can overcome reason, but when room air is adequate, it is always the best option. Low-Flow – Variable FiO 2 Devices When oxygen is needed, the first step of the Pyramid of Care is low-flow oxygen. A low-flow oxygen device is described by

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