Shared ventilation: how to do it if you have to
Dr Simran Kaur Matta explains how to "split" a ventilator so that you can provide shared ventilation to multiple patients if you have to.
OVERVIEW Auto-triggering of the ventilator is inappropriate triggering of ventilation when the patient is not attempting to initiate a breath a type of ventilator-patient dyssynchrony inspiratory triggers have been made more and more sensitive -> minimised extra-work CAUSES Flow distortions…