Transport ventilators
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Mechanical Ventilation Boot Camp Curriculum
Published on: March 12, 2018
Paul N Austin1, Robert S Campbell, Jay A Johannigman
1Department of Nurse Anesthesia, USUHS Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA. austinpn@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Today there are a number of automatic resuscitators and simple and complex transport ventilators on the market. The user must consider the purpose of the device, the patient population to be ventilated and the capabilities of the individual devices before purchasing a transport ventilator.
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