Airway Management
- Management of the Difficult Airway (American Society of Anesthesiology)
- Management of Unanticipated Intubation in Adults (Difficult Airway Society)
Anesthesia
- Guidelines for sustained neuromuscular blockade in critically ill patients
- Guidelines to the Practice of Anesthesia (Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society 2011)
- Operating room attire (American College of Surgeons)
- Sustained NMB in Critical Care (Critical Care Medicine)
ARDS
Asthma
- Breathing Easier (GUIDE FOR PATIENTS; Champlain Lung Health Network)
- Asthma management, children 6 years and older, and adults (Canadian Thoracic Society)
- Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines
- Asthma in Preschoolers (Canadian Thoracic Society)
Blood Gas Analysis
Blood Vessel Cannulation
Bronchoscopy
- Bronchoscopy Assisting (Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care)
- Infection Prevention and Control guidelines (Public Health Agency of Canada)
Capnography
- Capnography/Capnometry During Mechanical Ventilation (American Association for Respiratory Care)
- Capnography Monitoring During Procedural Sedation and Analgesia
- Anesthesia and Recovery Monitoring (AAGBI)
Cardiovascular
CMA Guidelines (Searchable by Practice Area):
Community Acquired Pneumonia
COPD
- Global Initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease guidelines
- Managing dyspnea in patients with advanced COPD (Canadian Thoracic Society)
- Alpha1 antitrypsin diagnosis and treatment
- Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (CHEST)
- Pharmacological Management of COPD (CHEST)
Critical Care
- Canadian Critical Care Society Guidelines (Canadian Critical Care Society)
- Guidelines for sustained neuromuscular blockade in critically ill patients
- Intensive Care Society Guidelines
- Sustained NMB in Critical Care (Society of Critical Care Medicine)
- ICU Admission, Discharge and Triage guidelines (Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Surviving Sepsis (SurvingSepsis.org)
- Society of Critical Care Medicine guidelines
Cystic Fibrosis
- Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Guidelines: Airway Clearance Therapies
- CF Foundation Clinical guidelines
- Infection Prevention and Control (CF Foundation)
- Airway Clearance (CF Foundation)
Discharge Planning
Education
Home Care / Home Ventilation
- Adult Home Ventilation (Canadian Thoracic Society)
- Pediatric Home Ventilation (Canadian Thoracic Society)
- Long-Term Invasive Mechanical Ventilation in the Home—2007 Revision & Update (American Association for Respiratory Care)
- Oxygen Therapy in the Home or Alternate Site Health Care Facility—2007 Revision & Update (American Association for Respiratory Care)
- Tracheostomy Care at Home (Nova Scotia Health Authority)
- Going Home with a Tracheostomy (Vancouver Coastal Health)
- Going home with a Tracheostomy (Hamilton Health Sciences)
- Long-Term Care of the Patient With a Tracheostomy
Infection Prevention & Control
Inhaled Medications
- Aerosol Delivery Device Selection (American Association for Respiratory Care)
- A Guide to Aerosol Delivery Devices for RTs (American Association for Respiratory Care)
Mechanical Ventilation & Weaning
- Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Adults (American College of Chest Physicians/American Thoracic Society)
- Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Adults. Rehabilitation Protocols, Ventilator Liberation Protocols, and Cuff Leak Tests
- Mechanical Ventilator Weaning Protocols Driven by Nonphysician Health-Care Professionals
- Capnography/Capnometry During Mechanical Ventilation (AARC)
- Adult Home Ventilation (Canadian Thoracic Society)
- Pediatric Home Ventilation (Canadian Thoracic Society)
- Mechanical Ventilation in Adult Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (American Thoracic Society/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine/Society of Critical Care Medicine)
- Humidification during Mechanical Ventilation
Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care - Metabolic Measurement using Indirect Calorimetry during Mechanical Ventilation 2004 Revision & Update
Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care - 2011 CTS Guideline: Home Mechanical Ventilation
Neonatal and Pediatric Care
Non-Invasive Ventilation
Pulmonary Function Testing (including Spirometry)
- Spirometry in Primary Care (Canadian Thoracic Society)
- American Thoracic Society guidelines
- Methacholine Challenge Testing (European Respiratory Society)
- Single Breath DLCO (European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society)
Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Resuscitation
Secretion Clearance Techniques
- Incentive Spirometry (AARC)
- Pharmacologic Airway Clearance in Hospitalized Adults (AARC)
- Nonpharmacologic Airway Clearance in Hospitalized Adults (AARC)
- Airway Clearance (CF Foundation)
Sleep Medicine
- Sleep Disordered Breathing (Canadian Thoracic Socety)
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine sleep-related guidelines
Smoking Cessation
Surgery
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
- Prevention: (Canadian Critical Care Society, requires journal access for full article)
- Diagnosis and Management: (Canadian Critical Care Society, requires journal access for full article)
- Management of VAP (Infectious Diseases Society of America)