We invite respiratory therapists as well as our interprofessional colleagues to submit papers on these topics that can be added to this collection. Our profession relies on the development, distribution, and clinical utilization of scientific knowledge by our colleagues so that we can take ownership and build our specialized body of knowledge.

Elizabeth Rohrs, Editor-in-Chief, CJRT

Pediatrics

Endotracheal cuff pressures in the PICU: Incidence of underinflation and overinflation

Richard W. Wettstein MMEd, RRT, FAARC, Donna D. Gardner DrPH, RRT, FAARC, Sadie Wiatrek MSRC, RRT, Kristina E. Ramirez MPH, RRT, CHES, Ruben D. Restrepo MD, RRT, FAARC

Assessing physical and respiratory distress in children with bronchiolitis admitted to a community hospital emergency department: A retrospective chart review

Mika L. Nonoyama, RRT, PhD, Vinay Kukreti, MD, Efrosini Papaconstantinou, RN, PhD, Rayona Raymond D’cruz, BSc

Effects of an extubation readiness test protocol at a tertiary care fully outborn neonatal intensive care unit

Hilal Al Mandhari, Michael Finelli, Shiyi Chen, Christopher Tomlinson, Mika L. Nonoyama

Simulation use in paediatric student respiratory therapy training

Catharine M. Walsh, MD, MEd, PhD, FRCPC, Katherine S. Reise, RRT, BHSc, Roger Correia, BSc, RRT, MHS

Impact of interprofessional education on noninvasive ventilation in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit

Debra Paterson, Sandesh Shivananda, Salhab El Helou, Christoph Fusch, Amit Mukerji

The Community Pediatric Asthma Service—Together We’re Better: Asthma care in the Calgary zone

Ambris Ford, Cinde Little, Cindy Bronconnier, Kathy Courtney, Val Olson, Shirley van de Wetering, Mary Noseworthy,Brenda Dueck, Terri Humphries, Debbie Desrosiers

Surfactant administration in neonates: A review of delivery methods

Nina Nouraeyan, Alicia Lambrinakos-Raymond, Marisa Leone, Guilherme Sant’Anna

Complementary and alternative medicine: A survey of its use in children with chronic respiratory illness

Ellison Richmond, Denise Adams, Simon Dagenais, Tammy Clifford, Lola Baydala, W James King, Sunita Vohra

Airway Management

Endotracheal cuff pressures in the PICU: Incidence of underinflation and overinflation

Richard W. Wettstein MMEd, RRT, FAARC, Donna D. Gardner DrPH, RRT, FAARC, Sadie Wiatrek MSRC, RRT, Kristina E. Ramirez MPH, RRT, CHES, Ruben D. Restrepo MD, RRT, FAARC

Ventilatory equivalent for oxygen as an extubation outcome predictor: A pilot study

Troy Ellens, Ramandeep Kaur MS, Kelly Roehl MS, Meagan Dubosky MS, David L. Vines MS

Effects of an extubation readiness test protocol at a tertiary care fully outborn neonatal intensive care unit

Hilal Al Mandhari, Michael Finelli, Shiyi Chen, Christopher Tomlinson, Mika L. Nonoyama

A comparison of three techniques for cricothyrotomy on a manikin

Oliver Poole RRT MD, Michael Vargo MD, JinBin Zhang MD, Orlando Hung MD

Can an interprofessional tracheostomy team improve weaning to decannulation times? A quality improvement evaluation

Cynthia Welton RRT Hon BSc FCSRT, Melissa Morrison RRT Hon BSc, Marifel Catalig RRT Hon BSc, Juliana Chris MHSc S-LP CASLPO, Janos Pataki ND FRCPC

Early versus late tracheostomy for critically ill patients: A clinical evidence synopsis of a recent Cochrane Review

Allison Keeping BSc

A single-centre case series assessing the Ambu® aScope™2 for percutaneous tracheostomies: A viable alternative to fibreoptic bronchoscopes

Steven Reynolds MDFRCPC, Jason Zurba BSc RRT, Laura Duggan MD FRCPC

Innovation in respiratory therapy and the use of three-dimensional printing for tracheostomy management

Andrew J West MAPPSc RRT FCSRT, Karen Taylor RRT, Daniel W Rickey PhD MCCPM

Clinical Simulation

Simulation use in paediatric student respiratory therapy training

Catharine M. Walsh, MD, MEd, PhD, FRCPC, Katherine S. Reise, RRT, BHSc, Roger Correia, BSc, RRT, MHS

Simulation Specialists: setting the stage for a new role for Respiratory Therapists in education?

Jessica Bernard BSc. (Hons), RRT

Simulation—an invaluable tool in the respiratory therapist’s tool kit

Kevin Middleton RRT, BSc, MEd

Towards an enhanced conceptualization of fidelity for instructional design in simulation-based respiratory therapy education

Andrew J. West EdD, MAppSc(Resp), FCSRT, Beaumie Kim PhD, Gale Parchoma PhD

The effects of introducing high-fidelity simulation to preclinical student respiratory therapists

David Wall RRT, BSc, MEd

Partnering for Patti: Shaping future healthcare teams through simulation-enhanced interprofessional education

Renée Gordon RN MSc, Meaghan Flecknell RN MN, Tammie Fournier RRT, BEd, Diana Dupont RN MN Katelyn Gowlett BN Student (Year 4), Karen E. Furlong RN, MN, PhD

A comparison of three techniques for cricothyrotomy on a manikin

Oliver Poole RRT MD, Michael Vargo MD, JinBin Zhang MD, Orlando Hung MD

Optimizing learner assessment in a respiratory therapy clinical simulation course

Yvonne Drasovean, MEd, RRT, FCSRT

The practice of simulation-based assessment in respiratory therapy education

Andrew J West, EdD(c), RRT, FCSRT, Gale Parchoma, PhD

Advisory workgroup recommendations on the use of clinical simulation in respiratory therapy education

Irina Charania RRT BScH CRE, Karl Weiss BSc RRT, Andrew J West EdD(c) RRT FCSRT, Seana Martin RRT, Manon Cook inh., Roger Cook BA BEd MEd RRT FCSRT

Emerging Practice

Palliative care as an emerging role for respiratory health professionals: Findings from a cross-sectional, exploratory Canadian survey

Donna Goodridge, RN, PhD, Jaimie Peters, RN, MN, CRE

Ventilatory equivalent for oxygen as an extubation outcome predictor: A pilot study

Troy Ellens, Ramandeep Kaur MS, Kelly Roehl MS, Meagan Dubosky MS, David L. Vines MS

Towards an enhanced conceptualization of fidelity for instructional design in simulation-based respiratory therapy education

Andrew J. West EdD, MAppSc(Resp), FCSRT, Beaumie Kim PhD , Gale Parchoma PhD

Simulation Specialists: setting the stage for a new role for Respiratory Therapists in education?

Jessica Bernard BSc. (Hons), RRT

Simulation—an invaluable tool in the respiratory therapist’s tool kit

Kevin Middleton RRT, BSc, MEd

Putting the “RT” in redevelopment

Alean A. Jackman RRT-AA, MHS

Pulmonary rehabilitation after lung transplantation with severe complications: A case report

Guo-Qiang Jing, Jie Li MS RRT NPS ACCS, Bing Sun MD, Huiwen Chu, Haichao Li, Xue Wang, Xiao Tang MD

Innovation in respiratory therapy and the use of three-dimensional printing for tracheostomy management

Andrew J West MAPPSc RRT FCSRT, Karen Taylor RRT, Daniel W Rickey PhD MCCPM

A needs assessment to determine the need for respiratory therapy in complex continuing care: A methods paper

Jason W Nickerson RRT FCSRT PhD

Registered respiratory therapists as force multipliers in interprofessional complex continuing care

Wrae Hill BSc MSc FCSRT, Cory Bendall RRT BHSc MPH(c)