Posted on 03/28/2020 10:08:15 PM PDT by Species8472
This is a "ventilator. They get about $200 bucks each for them. There are millions of these in hospitals, ambulances and clinics. Only drawback is that it requires someone to squeeze the bag...….
No.
If she likes having a job squeezing bags, she will. But this is a high-tech age. The bags get squeezed on WiFi.
I understand that. I really do. But you are supposed to be OUT out. If you wake up once... that’s happened to me. Multiple times should happen.
They must have been wailing on that hip. I’ve see those operations through the windows. You would think they are changing a rear differential.
I hope it came ot well for you.
My hip replacement was postponed due to the plague.
I hope my anesthesia works better. :-)
I had a similar experience with a colonoscopy a few years ago. I remember every detail of the ordeal ... including the problems they had.
Well, if they can give you a total, go for it. I had COPD, so they didn’t want to chance it, I suppose.
Hip replacements are painful during the recuperative period, but with PT and time, the results can be great. My left hip is now way better than it used to be eight months ago, and I hope the right will turn out at least as good.
They can make me stronger, faster than before. They have the technology. But on on a twelve thousand shekel budget, I’m not hoping to become Steve Austin, just well enough to get back into shape.
I don’t even think there even was any external hip left. The x-ray seemed to show nothing but an exposed femur joint. The pain I was in up to the operation would suggest the x-ray was accurate.
No. The article I saw showed a sophisticated build with various valves, a bellows bag and hydraulics, as well as a computer board and software. Via software, one could set the pump interval, and air pressure. It would operate the bellows to push air into the lungs, close off valves and open other valves, then evacuate the carbon dioxide exhalation from the lungs, then repeat. I imagine the cost of the components to be between $100 to $200. The author showed that it is possible to build your own ventilator with your 3D printer and some hardware that works like the hospital models (the low-cost models).
Long time ago...I kept a preemie alive for two hours...so family could get there...using a “bag”...The kid didn’t have a chance...bilateral CT’s...and too young. The vent wouldn’t work for him/her...the only thing that worked was bagging....
If they’re in the hospital and in bad enough shape to need a ventilator, they’re highly unlikely to be able to squeeze their own bulb - or possibly even remain conscious.
I've used them hundreds of times....
And we have Co2 color meters on bag mask units....
Mechanical Ventilation...does not extract the lung volumes after inhalation...it's pretty passive.
...And suction himself...
Had a pt. not long ago...that did his own trach care...and broke a cue-tip off in his trach...( Don't ask...ha!! )
Nurses came running to me...told me what had happened..walked in the room..and he was fine. HE was bitching about the cue-tips being crap...LOL!!
He was in ZERO distress,,,so I figured the cue tip was lodged in the trach..( It was...) and not down his trachea..
HE wanted to do everything...pulled the trach, placed the new one himself...I was just standing there if he needed help...LOL!!
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