Dräger Instructional CD: Mechanical Ventilation - VentWorld

Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Ventilation...................................................................... 1
. Self Assessment Questions ................................................................. 3
2. Introduction to Mechanical Ventilation............................................ 5
. Types of Ventilators............................................................................. 5
. Conventional Ventilators .................................................................... 5
. High Frequency Ventilators................................................................ 6
. Patient-Ventilator Interface ................................................................ 6
. Power Source ........................................................................................ 7
. Control System ..................................................................................... 7
. Patient Monitoring System.................................................................. 8
. Self Assessment Questions ...............................................................10
3. How Ventilators Work .............................................................................12
. Input Power
. Power Transmission and Conversion .............................................13
. Control System ...................................................................................13
. Modes of Ventilation .........................................................................31
. Alarm Systems ....................................................................................47
. Self Assessment Questions ...............................................................51
4. How To Use Modes...................................................................................62
. Volume Control vs Pressure Control..............................................62
. Continuous Mandatory Ventilation .................................................72
. Volume control .....................................................................72
. Pressure control ....................................................................73
. Dual control...........................................................................74
. Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation ................................................76
. Volume control .....................................................................76
. Pressure control ....................................................................77
. Dual control...........................................................................78
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