Critical Care

Assisted Breathing; Intensive Care; Life Support; Tracheostomy; Ventilators

In architecture and HVAC, mechanical ventilation is the use of powered equipment, e.g. fans and blowers, to move air; as contrasted with the natural ventilation provided by convection and winds. Bag valve mask In medicine, mechanical ventilation is a method to assist or replace spontaneous breathing. Mechanical ventilation can be life-saving and is a mainstay of CPR, intensive care medicine, and anesthesia. History The iron lung was used through much of the middle 20th century, ...