The importance of dental or oral care is not a secret. This importance increases manyfold when it comes to mechanical ventilated patients. Mouth is the entering way of food, air and in case of ventilated patient medical supplies and so to the life-threatening infections like VAP. Moreover, teeth and gums of the patients are also on risk when he is …
Bedsores, pressure ulcers or pressure injuries are the wounds that are caused by consistent pressure on skin. There is no exception to age or illness rather anyone can fall for this if he is immobile for longer time. This is why, the patients on prolonged ventilation show a strong tendency to pressure ulcers. These wounds or bedsores are generally painful …
The patient when removed from ventilation needs extra care and diligent management of possible health concerns. Otherwise, it could bring in range of complications. The decision of removing the patient from breathing machines is not free of hassle but sticks around the general health of the patient and the basic cause of lung damage along with ability of lungs getting …
The chances for paralyzed patients to survive on ventilators, like others, stand over a pyramid of factors including overall health of the patient, quality of services provided and age whereas significant cause of paralysis sits at the top. All aforesaid factors contribute well to decide the life expectancy and weaning off time of the patient. Ventilation is needed only when …
Ventilated patients are prone to infections and VAP due to weak immunity systems especially when exposed to invasive ventilation for longer periods. The care of ventilated patient thence becomes the priority to avoid possible health threats and certify the overall well-being of the patient. Given that, health providers and caretakers adopt special measures including oral care, equipment safety, skin integrity, …
The need to care for a patient doubles when he is put on a ventilator. That is why the patient’s condition is assessed at intervals to measure the progress and further course of action. It is to be noted that patient assessment is not confined to some monitoring but is a critical task. It involves a comprehensive approach including ongoing …
The organs inside the human body are dedicated to specific functions and failure of any organ to perform its function may bring severe consequences and even risk life. Renal or kidney failure takes place when kidneys lose the ability to filter out excess fluid and waste products from blood. In case of renal failure, the body starts piling up toxins …
Ventilators are not the solution only for patients suffering from respiratory problems but also for other life-threatening situations causing difficulty for patients to breathe including cardiovascular and renal diseases. Patients having cardiac arrest often need to be put on ventilators as other body organs including lungs fail to function properly due to malfunctioning of the heart. Ventilators, though, increase the …