How is extreme summer weather affecting your body? ☀️ Ontario Tech Faculty of Health Sciences Associate Professor and Registered Respiratory Therapist Dr. Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social shares five signs and symptoms to watch for and tips to help you stay safe outdoors. ▶️

Want to learn about #Neonatal and #Pediatric respiratory essentials? These are the folks to learn from. SAVE THE DATE! @sickkidsto.bsky.social #NICU #PICU

I have been a part #HomeMechanicalVentilation research for years. One❓has been defining what matters most. Here's our chance. If you are a HMV user, caregiver, clinician, researcher, administrator contribute to this survey👉https://redcap.link/3a7kmqyk. Please re-post❗️

I may be in Malta for the #ESPNIC2026 congress but still supporting🇨🇦⚽️ at the World Cup at midnight! @espnic.bsky.social

Always enjoy pro- con- debates. Especially b/w expert heavy weights like these. The bottom line: answer is grey not black vs. white 💯 @espnic.bsky.social #ESPNIC2026 Sanchez-Luna vs. Lopez fernandez @gemeriaud.bsky.social vs @martinkneyber.bsky.social

Any🫁& critical care folks going to @wfpiccs.bsky.social in beautiful Melbourne, Australia this September? Sign up for this #bronchoscopy in the #PICU workshop. All these amazing @sickkidsto.bsky.social experts in one place...wish I were going❗️

#WorldAsthmaDay2026 holds a lot of meaning given my training, research & most importantly my son who has #asthma. Also privileged 🙏 to receive a @lunghealthfdn.bsky.social research grant for children w/ asthma especially given the v. low💲available. Donate to 🫁orgs today‼️

This includes #AlliedHealth professionals too!

European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care@espnic.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Are you a #nurse who needs support to attend #ESPNIC2026? Send your Application before Thursday, 30 April to receive one of the five grants of €200 each to support your attendance. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4joTC1g Become a member✅: bit.ly/ESPNICMember... #NICU #PedsICU #ICUnurses #ESPNIC #CriticalCare

This will be an interesting talk especially given the impact of inequities that these tests have on patient outcomes👉Details below to check it out for yourself. Link to register duke.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @sccmcriticalcare.bsky.social

Chats lead to Collabs especially when Guillaume Emeriaud comes to visit w/ the Lung Health Research Group at SickKids #CriticalCareUnit @gemeriaud.bsky.social @sickkidsto.bsky.social Luciana Rodriguez Guerineau Katherine Reise Karthi Nallasamy

An honour to be a part of the final day plenary keynote AND present w/ Dr. Marco Zaccagnini. We'll be showcasing the new RT evidence framework along with the amazing RT-led work now and into the future. See ya there RT peeps! @csrt.bsky.social #csrt2026 #MyWhistler

💯 #RespiratoryTherapists are vital for unplanned extubation reduction. Here are some reasons why👉Editorial led by Shirley Quach w/ Jason Macartney, Fred Liang. We should know...being from @sickkidsto.bsky.social where all ICUs went 100 days w/o a UPE❗ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Indeed...eh

The Beaverton@thebeaverton.com · 6mo ago

Hockey Canada ordered to pay nation’s therapy bills

What do you do when SickKids is disposing of a working ventilator you trained on in the late 1900s? You bring it to OTU to demonstrate & teach the basics of mechanical ventilation. #Servo300 @sickkidsvs.bsky.social @ontariotechu.bsky.social

Non-Invasive HMV Workshop happening after the Canadian Respiratory Conference in Calgary Apr 16-18, 2026 ‼️ Limited enrolment & I will be (yes that's right ME!) will be co-precepting one of the stations. crc2026.secure-registration.com/en/v63937/ev... @cts-sct.bsky.social

It's been a proper Winter. Get out there & be active! Including people challenged w/ 🫁&🫀 issues. There are ways! Was a pleasure talking w/ Trinity Vandeloo for this article in the The Chronicle DC OTU @durhamcollege.bsky.social @ontariotechu.bsky.social chronicle.durhamcollege.ca/2026/02/dc-s...

Hmmm, compels me to share too.. Gladys Mae West - amazing

Mar Hicks@histoftech.bsky.social · 7mo ago

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

When I graduated as a #RespiratoryTherapist this was not an issue. Why is it today and what do we do about it? 👇

Jason Nickerson@jwnickerson.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Canada's governments need to take action to ensure Canadians have access to respiratory therapy services in acute care, primary care, critical care, and home care. Supporting the Canadian and international respiratory therapist workforce is essential. Read our recommendations:

Important survey about home respiratory support technology. Less than 1% of surveys are from a Canadian perspective‼️ Come on 🍁 colleagues, let's boost that number! 👉 www.shorturl.at/vDuBs

As Canada wakes up on this #WorldCOPDDay the #COPDBatonPass is live in Europe about to be passed to the Americas at 8am (to 4pm!) Eastern. Check it out 👉 copdbatonpass.org/live-event-2...

Live Event 2025 - World COPD Day BIG BATON PASS

This event will be delivered with technical support provided by Southampton Solent University, and Sonar Events. Beginning in New Zealand, and passing the baton to Europe This link will be the first 8...

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Post Extubation Noninvasive Respiratory Support for PARDS. Even ~10 yrs ago lots of use. Type differed by region w/ HFNC N.America & NIV Europe, Middle East/Asia/New Zealand. Great working w/ some of the #PARDIE team on this! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Post Extubation Noninvasive Respiratory Support for Pediatric ARDS

Background Pediatric ARDS (PARDS) survivors may need postextubation noninvasive respiratory support (NRS) via high-flow nasal cannula, CPAP, or noninvasive ventilation (NIV). We hypothesized that NR.....

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Want to learn about innovative🫁tech & how EIT can be used to find optimal PEEP levels? QR code or go here to register 👉https://duke.zoom.us/meeting/register/UQDYBirYRr-JEK5Yro9-0Q @sccmcriticalcare.bsky.social #RespiratoryCareCommittee

Last day of #RespiratoryTherapyWeek2025 . Lucky to live in Treaty 13 / Toronto with easy access to #StLawrenceMarket Shirt courtesy of #RespiratoryTherapySocietyofOntario @csrt.bsky.social

Day 6 #RespiratoryTherapyWeek2025. A quiet day at home to catch up. Including in my wild backyard. Shirt courtesy of #BOMImed #RTSO @csrt.bsky.social

Squeezing in Day 5 of #RespiratoryTherapyWeek2025 on the rooftop of PSC @sickkidsto.bsky.social ahead of the RT awards ceremony. Awesome views! #RTSO @csrt.bsky.social

Day 4 w/ my fellow RT peeps #SickKids for #RespiratoryTherapyWeek2025. Love doing the amazing work there. Design by Tiffany Leung. #RTSO @csrt.bsky.social @sickkidsvs.bsky.social

Day 3 of #RespiratoryTherapyWeek2025 🦖shirt taken this past summer on beautiful Brady's Beach in Bamfield BC (that's a lot of Bs 😁). Courtesy of Novus Medical Inc. @csrt.bsky.social

Day 2 of #RespiratoryTherapyWeek2025. A beauty Fall day at the most dynamic & diverse Uni that is my home base #OntarioTechUniversity. This is one of many shirts from #SickKids RT dept. @ontariotechu.bsky.social #RTSO @csrt.bsky.social @sickkidsto.bsky.social

OK folks Day 1 of #RespiratoryTherapyWeek2025. My newest shirt courtesy of the #RTSO and designed by Jenna Swan RT.

Learned and networked w/ a bunch of #RespiratoryTherapists at the RTSO's 2025 conference in the Blue Mountains.