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You also need to warm and humidify the air because ventilators are inserted past the part of your respiratory system that does that.
by hangonhn 7y ago
You also need to warm and humidify the air because ventilators are inserted past the part of your respiratory system that does that.
- VectorLock 7y agoMost CPAP machines have built in humidifiers.
- rootusrootus 7y agoI assume a CPAP could only ever be hacked into being some form of non-invasive ventilator, not the kind where you are intubated. But I may be 100% wrong. In any case, a standard Resmed CPAP like the one in the article has a humidifier built in, and if you buy the optional heated hose, it can heat the air too. The tank is kinda small on the humidifier, so you'd have to refill it pretty often. Probably want to hack it into having a lot more volume, if you need the humidity.
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- reaperducer 7y agoYou also need to warm and humidify the air because ventilators are inserted past the part of your respiratory system that does that. Many (most?) CPAP's do that. When you have to fill the reservoir every night you get an interesting perspective on the amount of water you breathe in eight hours.
- rootusrootus 7y ago> When you have to fill the reservoir every night I accidentally found out one night that I don't need the air to be humidified. That was a revelation, and one that's saved me a lot of work since.
- reaperducer 7y agoMine makes a burning smell if I run out of water in the night. Wakes me up very quickly.
- DenisM 7y agoTurn off the tank heater?
- reaperducer 7y agoNo option for that. I can adjust the humidity up and down, but the lowest setting still heats.
- chipsa 7y agoMine can replace the reservoir with what's effectively a bypass plug. I assume this also disables the heater.