🫁 VENTILATOR BASICS follow @nursewellversed for visual nursing education A ventilator is a machine that takes over the functions of breathing for patients who cannot breathe on their own. The ventilator is connected to a tube inserted into the patient’s trachea to manually ventilate for them. → Ventilator: Uses positive pressure to PUSH air into the lungs → Normal Breathing: Uses negative pressure to PULL (inhale) air into the lungs ⭐️ Ventilator Settings Basics: 1️⃣ Tidal Volume: → Volume of a

Here's a quick video with David Miller in our Respiratory Care department explaining the uses of the new Hamilton ventilators that will soon be in use at DCH. As you will hear in the video, DCH is the first hospital in the southeast to use these new ventilators. | DCH Health System

How a mechanical ventilator works | AFP