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Lot of stuff that can go wrong with ventilator patients: - Blood pressure from intrathoracic pressure caused by ventilation. - Sedation and pain from ventilati
by foxyv 7y ago
Lot of stuff that can go wrong with ventilator patients:
- Blood pressure from intrathoracic pressure caused by ventilation.
- Sedation and pain from ventilation
- Obstruction of airway
- Removal of airway secretions
- Arterial Blood Gas checks (Blood Ph, Oxygenation, CO2 levels)
- Secondary infection due to ventilation
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- jbms 7y agoFundamental stuff that can go wrong with ventilator patients who don't have ventilation: Death.
- foxyv 7y agoJust saying, without medical supervision, current ventilator models are going to almost certain to cause deaths. An open source ventilator would either need to be implemented by medical experts or account for the above.