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Pictures and parts of the ventilator machine in ICU?
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How does ICU help patients who cannot breathe for themselves?
The icu has a machine called a respirator or ventilator, and this does assistive breathing for those who are unable to breathe on their own.
What is different between ICU ventilators and anesthesia ventilators?
difference between anesthesia ventilator and general ventilator
What is the use of ventilator?
The ventilator is used to calm down the breathing and the airways to the lungs. It also calms down massive coughing fits.
Does ventilator associated pneumonia require hospitalization?
Ventilator associated pneumonia does require a person to be hospitalized. The ventilator is a large, expensive machine that requires medical professionals to use the machine.
Machine with ten characters?
Automobile,Ventilator,Typewriter? These are machines with 10 characters, but I don't know if these are what you are after
Why wean off a ventilator?
A patient is weaned off a ventilator so they are able to breathe on their own again. Weaning is the process of shifting breathing function from a machine to the person breathing on their own.
Is a respirator and a ventilator the same thing?
No. A respirator and ventilator are alike, but different. A ventilator is what they out people on either life support or during surgery. A respirator is used to help breathing not do it for you! (:
How do chemically-induced comas work?
Deep sedation is used, with a variety of medications - usually in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Pavulon is commonly used in order to paralyze the muscles of respiration, and respiration is accomplished for the patient via mechanical ventilation (e.g. the patient is on a ventilator, with oxygen settings, respiratory rate settings, inerposed sigh breaths, etc. ... with tubing running from the ventilator into the patient who, by necessity, has an endotracheal tube in place down to the trahea). When the induced coma is no longer needed, ventilator settings are gradually turned down, and then the patient is extubated (e.g. the tube is removed from the patient).
What is a ventilator and how is it used?
Ventilators assist in air movement. In medical equipment a ventilator helps a patient breathe. In a home, a ventilator is used to keep air moving through a space to prevent moisture build-up and excessive temperature conditions.
What is the difference between a respirator and a ventilator?
"Respirator" is an old word used for the machine most health care personnel would today call a "ventilator". The only time I hear the word "respirator" used today is when talking about respirator masks, which are the specialized masks worn by health care workers when coming into close contact with tuberculosis patients.
Is a ventilator and life support the same thing?
a ventilator helps somebody breathe that its a life support machine keeps the person alive it basically does all the body functions for them they cant survive without it a person on a ventilator kinda can survive.
