Biphasic Cuirass Ventilation

BCV Summary
-Biphasic Cuirass Ventilation (BCV) is often the ideal
ventilator as it:
a) Provides complete ventilation to patient
b) Is non-invasive
c) Works in a physiological way, in that it:
i) Works in the way that the lungs work most efficiently by
actively controlling both phases of the respiratory cycle
ii) Provides even ventilation for patient
iii) Helps to maintain and redevelop the respiratory muscles
which often wither and waste with respiratory failure and
mechanical ventilation
iv) Improves cardiac output