So who can be intubated awake? Any patient except the crash airway can be intubated awake. If you think they are a difficult airway, temporize with NIV while you topically anesthetize and then do the patient awake while they keep breathing. Is a person awake when on a ventilator? Typically,Read More →
A ventilator mechanically helps pump oxygen into your body. The air flows through a tube that goes in your mouth and down your windpipe. The ventilator also may breathe out for you, or you may do it on your own. The ventilator can be set to take a certain numberRead More →
The mechanical ventilator provides oxygen until the baby can breathe unassisted. Assisted ventilation of the newborn is a procedure to assist and stabilize a newborn’s breathing until the baby’s respiratory system starts working normally. Is a ventilator considered life support? Ventilators, also known as life-support machines, won’t cure an illness,Read More →
a tracheostomy. Usually air enters through the mouth and nose, goes through the windpipe and into the lungs. In cases with an injury or a blockage to the windpipe, a tracheostomy tube can bypass the damaged part of the windpipe and allow a person to continue to breathe on theirRead More →
a tracheostomy. Usually air enters through the mouth and nose, goes through the windpipe and into the lungs. In cases with an injury or a blockage to the windpipe, a tracheostomy tube can bypass the damaged part of the windpipe and allow a person to continue to breathe on theirRead More →