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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, ...
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Resources
- Caring for a Child Dependent on Medical Technology (Nemours Foundation)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Ventilators, Mechanical (National Institutes of Health)
- Common DIagnoses in the NICU (Nemours Foundation)
- Common Problems of Critical Illness (Society of Critical Care Medicine) - Links to PDF File
- Critical Care (Medline Plus)
- Critical Care Nursing (American Association of Critical Care Nurses)
- Critical Care Questions (Society of Critical Care Medicine)
- Critical Care Team (Society of Critical Care Medicine)
- Glossary of Critical Care Terms (Society of Critical Care Medicine)
- History of Critical Care (Society of Critical Care Medicine)
- Introduction to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) (University of Wisconsin Medical School, Dept. of Pediatrics)
- JAMA Patient Page: Assisted Breathing (American Medical Association)
- JAMA Patient Page: Intensive Care Units (American Medical Association)
- Mechanical Ventilation: Beyond the Intensive Care Unit (American College of Chest Physicians)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Participating in Care: What Questions Should I Ask? (Society of Critical Care Medicine) - Links to PDF File
- Primer on Critical Care for Patients and Their Families (American Thoracic Society)
- Respiratory Failure (Merck & Co., Inc.)
- Taking Care of Yourself While a Loved One Is in the ICU (Society of Critical Care Medicine) - Links to PDF File
- Tracheal Suction Guidelines (Cleveland Clinic)
- Tracheostomy (Cleveland Clinic)
- Trauma, Burn, Shock, and Injury: Facts and Figures (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
- What Are My Choices Regarding Life Support? (Society of Critical Care Medicine) - Links to PDF File
- What Happens After Heart Surgery? (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
- What Is a Neonatologist? (American Academy of Pediatrics) - Links to PDF File
- What Is a Pediatric Critical Care Specialist? (American Academy of Pediatrics) - Links to PDF File
- When a Loved One Needs Critical Care (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses) - Links to PDF File
- When Your Baby's in the NICU (Nemours Foundation)
- When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (Nemours Foundation)
- Why Do ICU Patients Look and Act That Way? (Society of Critical Care Medicine) - Links to PDF File
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