Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
In the field of respiratory therapy, we are the fighters that must preserve the breath of life. The battlefield we wage war on is riddled with many diseases and hardships for us to help our patients overcome by any means necessary. One of the main heavy hitters in this battle is acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This condition is very deadly and is a tough opponent that must be defeated.
ARDS is a dangerous condition affecting a vast group of patients. ARDS is a state in which your lungs have fluid leaking into them causing progressively labored breathing and poor perfusion. Simply put, a person develops a condition of fluid on the lungs that can lead to an oxygen absent environment in your body. ARDS effects the body when it starts developing hypoxemia. This will lead to a chain reaction of negative events in the body. The result of this illness is usually death. ARDS is typically the product of hospital acquired illnesses. Acute Respiratory distress syndrome is a byproduct of pre-existing illness or trauma to the chest region. Patients who develop ARDS are hospitalized prior to developing this illness and are rarely admitted solely because ARDS is a reactive illness to a prior trauma to the body. ARDS …show more content…
The liquid that fills into the lungs makes it extremely hard to inhale and produces low oxygen in the blood. Two major organs in your body require a significant amount of oxygenated blood to properly work; these being the brain and the kidneys. Without those crucial organs that leads to an immediate game over. However, the liquid in the lungs makes the lungs hard to inflate and less flexible. This makes breathing rather difficult so your work of breathing increases (WOB); Meaning the effort it takes to get air into your lungs. Being that the body has become hypoxic and your body is putting forth increased effort with no reward it now goes into respiratory
In the field of respiratory therapy, we are the fighters that must preserve the breath of life. The battlefield we wage war on is riddled with many diseases and hardships for us to help our patients overcome by any means necessary. One of the main heavy hitters in this battle is acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This condition is very deadly and is a tough opponent that must be defeated.
ARDS is a dangerous condition affecting a vast group of patients. ARDS is a state in which your lungs have fluid leaking into them causing progressively labored breathing and poor perfusion. Simply put, a person develops a condition of fluid on the lungs that can lead to an oxygen absent environment in your body. ARDS effects the body when it starts developing hypoxemia. This will lead to a chain reaction of negative events in the body. The result of this illness is usually death. ARDS is typically the product of hospital acquired illnesses. Acute Respiratory distress syndrome is a byproduct of pre-existing illness or trauma to the chest region. Patients who develop ARDS are hospitalized prior to developing this illness and are rarely admitted solely because ARDS is a reactive illness to a prior trauma to the body. ARDS …show more content…
The liquid that fills into the lungs makes it extremely hard to inhale and produces low oxygen in the blood. Two major organs in your body require a significant amount of oxygenated blood to properly work; these being the brain and the kidneys. Without those crucial organs that leads to an immediate game over. However, the liquid in the lungs makes the lungs hard to inflate and less flexible. This makes breathing rather difficult so your work of breathing increases (WOB); Meaning the effort it takes to get air into your lungs. Being that the body has become hypoxic and your body is putting forth increased effort with no reward it now goes into respiratory