ALI Patients Should Be Ventilated at Lower Tidal

[Ridryder 911]

Allright you two... don't make me pull this thread over .! :wink:

The vents we have on the EMS rigs are pretty simplistic since most are <30 minute travels, we do have a Burdick portable vent with all the lights & whistles, sighs, etc.. that is a bitch to set up and clean-up afterwards so nobody will use it very often.

We used VAR quite a bit, in post fresh hearts and also when I worked in the ICU Burn Unit, some would start after a day or so on the vent (especially if they looked like they would be hard to wean off) & others would start on some soon as possible.. all depending on the mood of the pulmonologist. I perosnally like it and most of the R.T.'s seem to describe they have a decreased ARD's number and increased some saves. I know it was not that long ago, if you got ARD's it was a automatic death sentance, with the surivial rate near zero.. still not good at all but better than it was 10-15 years ago.

R/R 911

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Allright you two... don't make me pull this thread over .! :wink:

Heres my Drivers licence, registration and insurance Rid.

I didn't see that Speed Trap, how fast was I going over the posted 40 liters per minute again, damn that I:E ratio again.

LMAO