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You will soon receive two emails. They are:

  1. A welcome email from F&P Healthcare with some guidance on how to get started with Optiflow Connect.
  2. A link to Optiflow Connect online from system@litmos.com (you might need to check your junk or spam mailbox).


If you don't receive the link in the next 10 minutes, please contact us at optiflowconnect@fphcare.co.nz

TIP: For a better user experience, we recommend using Google Chrome to complete your Optiflow Connect course work. 

 

While you wait for the link to the online learning to arrive in your inbox, try and answer the questions below. Click the '+' button to find out the answers, and where you can find out more information on these topics during your course.  

The five mechanisms of action you will learn about are:

1. Dynamic Positive Airway Pressure
2. Reduction of Dead Space
3. Supplemental Oxygen
4. Airway Hydration
5. Patient Comfort

You will learn all about these in 'The why, who and how' module in the 'Introducing Optiflow' course!

Respiratory rate1 and a improved oxygenation2,3 are proven good indicators of therapy success among adults, while a reduction in respiratory rate4-7, heart rate4,6,7 and work of breathing4 have been highlighted in research as being good indicators of success among infants.

Learn more about how to manage Optiflow NHF in the 'Introducing Optiflow' and 'Optiflow Junior 2' courses.

Note: Optiflow Junior 2 is not available to all users. Please discuss this with your F&P Healthcare representative.

AIRVO 2 can deliver flows from 2 L/min to 60 L/min...

Learn more about how AIRVO 2 does this in the 'AIRVO Setup & Use' course

You use the dial on your oxygen flow meter, and check the FiO2 on the AIRVO display.

You will learn all about how this works in 'The finer details' module  in the' AIRVO 2 Setup & Use' course

What is Optiflow?





Watch the video on the right to discover how other hospitals around the world are using Optiflow High Flow...

References:
Q&A
1. Sztrymf B, Messika J, Bertrand F, Hurel D, Leon R, Dreyfuss D et al. Beneficial effects of humidified high flow nasal oxygen in critical care patients: a prospective pilot study. Intensive Care Med. 2011;37(11):1780-1786.
2. Rittayamai N, Tscheikuna J, Praphruetkit N, Kijpinyochai S. Use of High-Flow Nasal Cannula for Acute Dyspnea and Hypoxemia in the Emergency Department. Respir Care. 2015 Oct;60(10):1377-82.
3. Lenglet H, Sztrymf B, Leroy C, Brun P, Dreyfuss D, Ricard JD. Humidified high flow nasal oxygen during respiratory failure in the emergency department: feasibility and efficacy. Respiratory Care. 2012; 57(11): 1873-78.
4. Abboud P, Roth P, Skiles C, et al. Predictors of failure in infants with viral bronchiolitis treated with high-flow, high-humidity nasal cannula therapy. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2012;13(6):e343-9
5. Bressan S, Balzani M, Krauss B, et al. High-flow nasal cannula oxygen for bronchiolitis in a pediatric ward: A pilot study. Eur J Pediatr 2013;172(12):1649-56
6. Canares T, Ticker C, Garro A. Going with the flow: respiratory care in the pediatric emergency department. Rhode Island Med Jour 2014;3(97):23-6
7. Mayfield S, Bogossian F, O'Mall.ey L, et al. High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy for infants with bronchiolitis: Pilot study. J Paediatr Child Health 2014;50(5):373-8
Video
- Frat J, Thille A, Mercat A, Girault C, Ragot S, Perbet S et al. High-Flow Oxygen through Nasal Cannula in Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure. N Engl J Med. 2015;372(23):2185-2196.
- Hernández G, Vaquero C, Colinas L, Cuena R, González P, Canabal A et al. Effect of Postextubation High-Flow Nasal Cannula vs Noninvasive Ventilation on Reintubation and Postextubation Respiratory Failure in High-Risk Patients. JAMA. 2016;316(15):1565.
- Hernández G, Vaquero C, González P, Subira C, Frutos-Vivar F, Rialp G et al. Effect of Postextubation High-Flow Nasal Cannula vs Conventional Oxygen Therapy on Reintubation in Low-Risk Patients. JAMA. 2016;315(13):1354-1361.