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Simplifying Mechanical Ventilation - Modes of Mechanical Ventilation - Comparison Table

You now know many modes whether
by knowing the breath ... Supported) and how the breaths ... Ventilation #Variables #Breaths ... Support #RebelEM #AssistControl
Volume Assist/Control Mechanical Ventilation
How does this mode work?
 • Delivers a set volume of air with
air with each breath ... patient triggered breaths ... machine triggered breaths ... nickmmark #volume #assistcontrol
Overview of Ventilator Modes
VC - Volume Control (a.k.a. assist control volume)
 - Every breath delivered (mandatory
volume) - Every breath ... pressure) - Every breath ... trigger (patient breaths ... same as mandatory breaths ... Support - All breaths
Opioid Overdose Management and Discharge Criteria

Patients with presumed opioid overdose were safely discharged one hour after
Respiratory rate >10 breaths ... /min and <20 breaths ... Heart rate >50 beats ... /min and <100 beats
Mechanical Ventilation: The Basics
In the most basic sense, ventilator modes are defined by their control variable
Breaths are triggered ... Delivers mandatory breaths ... allows spontaneous breaths ... will assist those breaths ... to support the breath
Ventilator Basics - Waveforms for Types of Breaths
 - Volume Control
 - Volume Assist
 - Pressure
Waveforms for Types of Breaths ... Ventilator #Waveforms #Breaths
ASV - Adaptive Support Ventilation Summary
Basic Set Parameters:
  1) Target MV (80-120%)
  2) PEEP
pressure with each breath ... depends on the # of breaths ... of spontaneous breaths ... for delivered breaths
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
percussion, Decreased breath ... sounds, Bronchial breath ... criteria: RR ≥ 30 breaths
St Paul's Early Discharge Rule
 
ONE HOUR after naloxone administration, patients can be safely discharged if
rate (>10 and breaths ... (>50 and < 100 beats
(S)CMV - Synchronized Controlled Mechanical Ventilation Summary
Most Similar to "AC/VC"
Basic Set Parameters:
  1) Rate
ventilator will deliver breaths ... patient initiates a breath