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Explore Clinical Insights and Educational Resources
to Enhance Airway Management

Guidelines and Standards

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Expert‑driven 2022 update offering prioritized, practical strategies to prevent VAP, VAE, and NV-HAP in acute‑care settings

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International collaboration providing evidence-based guidelines for pressure injury prevention and treatment.

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Comprehensive AACN guideline detailing endotracheal tube and oral care procedures.

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Comprehensive guidelines optimizing oxygenation, airway management, and tracheal intubation in critically ill patients.

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The True Impact Of Unplanned Extubation

The True Impact of
Unplanned Extubation

Slide presentation highlighting unplanned extubation’s high incidence—121,000 US adult ICU events yearly—causing 33,000 deaths, $4.9 billion costs, increased ICU stays, and prevention strategies.

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Unplanned extubations impose a substantial financial burden on U.S.
health systems, amounting to approximately $5 billion annually.

– American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, 2020

Unplanned Extubation in
the Perioperative
Environment

by Lauren Berkow, MD, FASA, and Arthur Kanowitz, MD, FACEP

Unplanned extubations impose a substantial financial burden on U.S.
health systems, amounting to approximately $5 billion annually.
Linked presentation does not address cost of MDRPIs.

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