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Mika Nonoyama

@mikarrt.bsky.social
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Respiratory therapist & academic @ontariotechu.bsky.social, SickKids, to help everyone breathe w/ ease. #TruthandReconciliation. Canadian music lover. Posts are my own.

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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Implementing new practices in health is difficult at the best of times. 👏 to lead K Reise & the #RespiratoryTherapists at #SickKids for helping make this happen. 🙏 CSRT for support. @sickkidsto.bsky.social @csrt.bsky.social
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Ontario Tech University @ontariotechu.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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. ▶️
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Want to learn about #Neonatal and #Pediatric respiratory essentials? These are the folks to learn from. SAVE THE DATE! @sickkidsto.bsky.social #NICU #PICU
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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❗️
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I may be in Malta for the #ESPNIC2026 congress but still supporting🇨🇦⚽️ at the World Cup at midnight! @espnic.bsky.social
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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❗️
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
#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‼️
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
This includes #AlliedHealth professionals too!
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
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
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
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
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
💯 #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....
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Indeed...eh
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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...
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DC students encouraged to stay fit during the gloomy days of winter | The Chronicle
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Hmmm, compels me to share too.. Gladys Mae West - amazing
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
When I graduated as a #RespiratoryTherapist this was not an issue. Why is it today and what do we do about it? 👇
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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...
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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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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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/...
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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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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
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
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Last day of #RespiratoryTherapyWeek2025 . Lucky to live in Treaty 13 / Toronto with easy access to #StLawrenceMarket Shirt courtesy of #RespiratoryTherapySocietyofOntario @csrt.bsky.social
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Day 6 #RespiratoryTherapyWeek2025. A quiet day at home to catch up. Including in my wild backyard. Shirt courtesy of #BOMImed #RTSO @csrt.bsky.social
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
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
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
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
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
OK folks Day 1 of #RespiratoryTherapyWeek2025. My newest shirt courtesy of the #RTSO and designed by Jenna Swan RT.
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Learned and networked w/ a bunch of #RespiratoryTherapists at the RTSO's 2025 conference in the Blue Mountains.
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Created BY Respiratory Therapists FOR Respiratory Therapy Kudos 👍 @csrt.bsky.social www.csrt.com/wp-content/u...
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
SQuach & MZaccagnini leading the identification of priorities for a RESPIRATORY THERAPY-driven research agenda. Now the work begins for future research, continuing professional development, and policy advocacy work. 👉 CJRT: cjrt.ca/article/1437... w/AWest, sponsored by @csrt.bsky.social
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Establishing research priorities for the Respiratory Therapy profession in Canada: A modified Delphi study | Published in Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy
By Shirley Quach, Marco Zaccagnini & 2 more. RTs have limited influence in shaping the research agenda that guides their profession. This study aims to identify research priorities grounded in the uni...
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Happy to share projects on #Pediatric HFOV w/ KReise at #WCICC2025 in Vancouver. Representing CDubsky, @sickkidsvs.bsky.social, @ontariotechu.bsky.social and #RespiratoryTherapists
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Don't miss the Canadian Thoracic Society / Société canadienne de thoracologie's Research Forum at #CanadianRespiratoryConference2026 ✨ Awards, networking, bragging rights, and the inaugural Beaver's Den 🦫 Visit cts-sct.ca/crc/ and see 👇 for more info. @cts-sct.bsky.social
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Congrats to Tiffany Leung & team for winning an Inaugural Moez and Marissa Kassam #PICU Innovation Dragon’s Den! @sickkidsto.bsky.social Love seeing young dynamic #RespiratoryTherapists leading the way in innovations. 🙏 Kassam Family for the gift: www.sickkidsfoundation.com/aboutus/news...
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Another great Journal Club hosted by the Society of Critical Care Medicine led by Dr. Shane George, lead author of the article. Register here: duke.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Article here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @sccmcriticalcare.bsky.social
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Want to learn or re-learn about the important of #DrivingPressure as part of mechanical ventilation management? This @sccmcriticalcare.bsky.social journal club for you. QR code or duke.zoom.us/j/92845053563 to join.
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Worked on a report w/ a fab & diverse group from the @atscommunity.bsky.social on non-invasive upper respiratory tract sampling. Super interesting, a much needed area of research. Susan Toth & I were the only #RTs. Thanks for #1 leadership & opp Dr. William Bain! www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10....
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
How has mechanical ventilation changed in neonates post ❤️ surgery between 2000 & 2020? ⬇️Vt and DP & earlier liberation (⬆️NIV). Awesome working w/ LRGuerineau, A.Floh, VMasy, BFerreyro, LBrochard @sickkidsto.bsky.social @unityhealthto.bsky.social journals.lww.com/pccmjournal/...
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Evolution of Mechanical Ventilation Practices in Neonatal... : Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
1, and 2020. Setting: Quaternary institution with a dedicated cardiac PICU in Toronto, ON, Canada. Patients: Neonates (≤ 28 d) receiving MV after cardiac surgery. Interventions: None. Measur...
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
There IS an underappreciation & insufficient funding of respiratory disease research & advocacy. NEED👉 good health provider communication, national strategies & patient-driven advocacy. www-sciencedirect-com.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/science/arti...
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
📣Another fab Society of Critical Care Medicine Respiratory Care Section Journal Club on July 23, 2pm EST. Join Dr. Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila discussing Patient-Ventilator Asynchrony. Register here👉 duke.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @sccmcriticalcare.bsky.social
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
100 days w/o an unplanned extubation in ALL 3 #SickKids ICUs. AMAZING! @sickkidsto.bsky.social
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
More evidence showing the important of #RespiratoryTherapists in the care of children & adults using #HomeMechanicalVentilation. But more research and evidence is needed to continue demonstrating this! S.Quach, L.Istanboulian, J.Walker, D.Brooks, R.Goldstein www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Respiratory Therapists’ role in caring for ventilator assisted individuals in the community: A scoping review
Optimal patient flow, which frees critical care beds for those most in need, is improved when ventilator-assisted individuals (VAIs) can efficiently transition to safe environments such as complex ...
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
A fabulous evening under a perfect summer sky listening to awesome music & eating and drinking fab food. Thank you @ronsexsmith.bsky.social and #RedstoneWineries
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Honoured, thankful, lucky and NOT sorry for living on the best land in the world.
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The @cts-sct.bsky.social Home Mechanical Ventilation Assembly have an awesome new HMV Webinar Series featuring presentations that aim to support clinicians managing patients requiring long-term home ventilatory support. It's quite the line up of experts! Check it out 👉 cts-sct.ca/hmv-webinar-...
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HMV Webinar Series
HMV Webinar Series The Home Mechanical Ventilation Assembly presents the HMV Webinar Series featuring presentations that aim to support clinicians managing patients requiring long-term home ventilato...
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Meaningful research means knowing what is important to the people who use #HomeMechanicalVentilation. Take part, pass on🙏 #CanHMVr @sickkidsto.bsky.social
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Mika Nonoyama @mikarrt.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Honoured to receive the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto outstanding leadership alumni award. Bittersweet as Dr. Angela Colantonio ends her tenure as RSI's 1st Director. @uoft.bsky.social
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Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Ah yes this is why I got into education: so I can watch 2 robots shitting into each others’ mouths
BBC news item illustrated with a female teacher working ar her desktop computer who looks like she’s staring into the abyss:

Teachers can use AI to save time on marking, new guidance says

The government says Al should only be used for "low-stakes" marking

Hazel Shearing >
Education correspondent
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