Hi George.Thanks for making this educational video. I am a mechanical engineer who is about to join a ventilator manufacturer. This video helped me a lot to understand the application part of the equipment. Thanks.
My twin sister has been on a ventilator for three weeks and this is the first time I thought to search for what it is on my computer. She is in the ICU fighting off a serious infection and as of now cannot breathe on her own. I had no idea the tubes were this large but she is nearing the stage where her doctors can take it off her. I will have to look for a video that shows a patient intubated to get a better idea of what she has been dealing with but at least I know how the device is put together. I live 2500 miles away from her so I cannot visit her especially with travel so limited with COVID-19 so it helps to get some idea of what has been keeping her alive.
I sometimes see a gray box made by Phillips connected directly to the ETT. Is that also a temp sensing probe? I’ve seen it on RU-vid when watching UK and AUS videos like ICU. It’s driving me nuts trying to figure it out. Thanks.
Any feedback loop for all those sensors, I remember a long time ago, my mon gets the ventilators on, one of the hooks fall off but no alert til the nurse find out do the routine check
There should be alarms on the ventilator that will go off to let the clinician know of any potential unsafe condition, but those alarm values need to be set properly. There may also be an alarm built into the humidifier depending on whether one is used and what style it is.
I didn't know ventilator is simply a set of plastic hoses!🙄 I imagined it as a machine with motor running, bladder inflating and deflating and lights blinking and beeping
Excellent presentation Dr. George. I am an engineer and this gives a very lucid explanation. The subsystem level breakdown will help me substantially to develop a low cost system for our situation in these trying times. Thanks very much.
Hi: Yes we do have central oxygen supply lines as our main supply to patient rooms, ICU, ER, OR examination/treatment and diagnostic areas. We also keep a supply of small ME sized cylinders on hand for patient transport and large H or K sized cylinders as a back up emergency supply. Liquid O2 portables and reservoirs are also used for patient mobility as well. Hope this helps
