Tuesday · 12:00 ET Brief
Every Tuesday at noon: getting the tube in, getting it out, and getting the patient back.
The airway is placed by one team and removed by another, and recovery belongs to everyone in between. Every Tuesday at 12:00 ET, ICCN publishes a focused brief on intubation and airway management, liberation from the ventilator, tracheostomy care, swallowing, early mobility, and the long road back from prolonged ventilation.
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Tuesday 12:00 ET · Airway, Liberation & Recovery
October 20, 2026
A German network brought specialist respiratory therapists and pulmonologists to high-risk patients in general ICUs. The signal is promising, imprecise, and demanding to build.
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Tuesday 12:00 ET · Airway, Liberation & Recovery
October 13, 2026
A randomized trial of armchair versus bed positioning in patients on respiratory support, and what it asks of the whole team
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Every brief in this track names a concrete role for at least two non-physician disciplines — respiratory therapists, speech-language pathologists, physical and occupational therapists, nurses. Liberation and recovery are team sports, and the literature should be read that way.
— Javier Amador-Castaneda, BHS, RRT, FCCM, PNAP
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