{"id":965,"date":"2015-10-01T15:11:35","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T19:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/?p=965"},"modified":"2015-10-01T15:11:35","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T19:11:35","slug":"respiratory-therapy-program-receives-ventilator-from-geisinger-medical-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=965","title":{"rendered":"Respiratory Therapy Program Receives Ventilator from Geisinger Medical Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014Students in Mansfield University\u2019s Respiratory Therapy program are now able to practice their clinical skills with newer technology whenever they need to thanks to the donation of a mechanical ventilator from Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/web-Ventillator.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"966\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?attachment_id=966\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/web-Ventillator.jpg?fit=1012%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1012,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G900V&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1441361102&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"web Ventillator\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/web-Ventillator.jpg?fit=1012%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-966 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/web-Ventillator.jpg?resize=1012%2C720\" alt=\"(L-R) MU Respiratory Therapy students Katey Kohanski, Nichole Decatur, Lydia Rowe, Kyle Dagutis, Erin Simonds, Daniel Krager and Christine Kennedy with the mechanical ventilator donated by Geisinger Medical Center.\" width=\"1012\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/web-Ventillator.jpg?w=1012&amp;ssl=1 1012w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/web-Ventillator.jpg?resize=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/web-Ventillator.jpg?resize=633%2C450&amp;ssl=1 633w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 94vw, (max-width: 1023px) 67vw, (max-width: 1365px) 62vw, 1037\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A ventilator is a machine that supports and assists breathing, gets oxygen into patients the lungs and removes carbon dioxide from the body. Before receiving this donation, MU students were only able to practice with an older ventilator or times when a newer mechanical ventilator was rented.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cOur students work with this ventilator during their clinical rotations,\u201d Sheila Merrill, Respiratory Therapy Program director, said. \u201cNot only will this save the school money, it will also ensure that our students are able to practice with this ventilator in the lab anytime during their education.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe truly appreciate this generous donation from Geisinger Medical Center,\u201d MU President Fran Hendricks said. \u201cThis will help to better prepare our Respiratory Therapy students for the important, life-saving work they have dedicated themselves to perform.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Merrill and Kathy Wright, Department of Health Sciences chair, point out that Kelly Cresci, operations manager for the Respiratory Care Department at Geisinger and Laurie Wallace, Clinical Educator for Respiratory Care Services, were instrumental in arranging the donation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSeveral members of the Geisinger staff who serve as clinical instructors for our students were also instrumental in recommending that this ventilator be donated,\u201d Merrill added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To learn more about the Respiratory Therapy program and other Health Sciences degree programs at MU, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/mansfield.edu\/health-sciences\/\" target=\"_blank\">mansfield.edu\/health-sciences\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014Students in Mansfield University\u2019s Respiratory Therapy program are now able to practice their clinical skills with newer technology whenever &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=965\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading &gt;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Respiratory Therapy Program Receives Ventilator from Geisinger Medical Center<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V0yH-fz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3793,"url":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=3793","url_meta":{"origin":965,"position":0},"title":"Mansfield University Respiratory Therapy program recognized for 100% credentialing success","author":"rmcnamara","date":"June 16, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Archived photo SAYRE, Pa. \u2013 The Mansfield University-Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital Respiratory Therapy program was recently recognized with the President\u2019s Award for Excellence in Credentialing Success by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC). 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