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Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Lung Protective Ventilation

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Reason for intubation, severity of illness, ARDS risk score, and ventilator settings were extracted from the electronic medical record (EMR). There may have very well been a policy where only RTs can make changes to a ventilator after an order was placed to ensure accurate documentation.