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Setting up Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) on an LTV Ventilator

#Ventilator #Criticalcare #Clinical #Airway #EMS #Prehospital
up Continuous Positive ... Airway Pressure ... CPAP) on an LTV Ventilator ... #Ventilator ... #Criticalcare #Clinical
APRV - Overview 

Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) uses prolonged periods of high continuous positive airway
- Overview Airway ... high continuous positive ... airway pressures ... MDaniyalHashmi1 #APRV #CriticalCare ... #Ventilation #Management
The ARDSnet ideal body weight/tidal volume chart takes all of the calculations and guesswork out of
a copy on your airway ... tidal volume #Management ... #CriticalCare # ... Height #Chart #Ventilator ... #Ventilation #TidalVolume
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult mask ventilation ... management. 3 ... of spontaneous ventilation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #CriticalCare ... #Management
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
Pressure Ventilation ... Inability to protect airway ... airway pressure ... #Pressure #Ventilation ... #diagnosis #management
Overview of Ventilator Modes
VC - Volume Control (a.k.a. assist control volume)
 - Every breath delivered (mandatory
Overview of Ventilator ... APRV - Airway Pressure ... Release Ventilation ... #CriticalCare # ... Comparison #Management
Noninvasive Ventilation Summary
Positive pressure ventilation that is delivered through a nasal, mask, or helmet interface and
Summary Positive ... of an invasive airway ... CPAP - Continuous positive ... BIPAP - Bilevel positive ... #management #pulmonary
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Noninvasive Positive ... Pressure Ventilation ... PositivePressure #Ventilation ... #indications #criticalcare ... #management
Emergency Laryngectomy Management

This algorithm is paired with the red bed-head sign and indicates that the patient
Emergency Laryngectomy Management ... management steps ... insufflation without ventilation ... efficacious if ventilation ... #Management #CriticalCare
Neonatal Resuscitation - Airway and Breathing
Airway
 • Opened by placing the infants's head in a neutral
head in a neutral position ... Head in neutral position ... responding, check mask position ... , neck position, ... #Breathing #Management