Medscape

Transitioning the Ventilator-Dependent Patient From the Hospital to Home

Discharge planning works best when a team of multidisciplinary health-care professionals works on the process together. The physician, primary RN, social service, insurance provider and case manager, ...
Nursing Times

Implementing the ventilator bundle from Patient Safety First to improve critical care

Patient Safety First, a campaign to make patient safety everyone’s top priority, was launched in June 2008. It currently consists of four clinical and one leadership intervention, and is sponsored by ...
Nursing Times

Caring for patients after mechanical ventilation – Part 1: Physical and psychological effects

The care of patients who are receiving artificial mechanical ventilation is complex and requires skill and experience. This two-part series outlines some of the important aspects of one specific part ...
Nature

Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist improves patient–ventilator interaction in infants as compared with conventional ventilation

Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) is a mode of ventilation controlled by the electrical activity of the diaphragm (Edi). The aim was to evaluate patient–ventilator interaction in infants ...
Business Wire

Philips Canada Launches New Full Featured and Cost-Effective Two-in-One Life Support Ventilator

MARKHAM, ON, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced the Canadian launch of the Philips Respironics V680 Ventilator for hospital respiratory care, offering both ...
PR Newswire

Philips Launches Two-in-one Critical Care Ventilator Across Europe - Proven to Improve Patient Outcomes

Solution designed for smoother transition from invasive to non-invasive ventilation Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced the European launch of the V680 ventilator for hospital ...
Business Insider

A NYC coronavirus patient died after her ventilator was set too high under the care of inexperienced medical residents

A coronavirus patient in the Bronx in New York City died last month while being cared for by medical residents who didn't know how to work her ventilator. The incident at Montefiore Medical Center was ...
Business Wire

ResMed Accelerates Release of Ventilator Telemonitoring Platform to Enable Safer, More Efficient Patient Care

LYON, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ResMed (NYSE: RMD, ASX: RMD), a world-leading digital health company, today launched cloud-based remote monitoring software for ventilators and Lumis bilevel devices ...
Architectural Record

Continuing Education: Health Care & Natural Ventilation

At a scale unheard of in their home country, American architecture firms are using natural ventilation to achieve energy savings, resilience, and patient comfort in two major health-care projects in ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Prioritizing Oral Health in Hospitals: The Key to Reducing Non-Ventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia

Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) is the most prevalent healthcare-associated infection, with 65% of HAPs occurring in non-ventilated patients as non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP).1 ...
Medscape

Transitioning the Ventilator-Dependent Patient From the Hospital to Home

Once all of the pre-discharge criteria are met, the process of training the patient and caregivers on the home care equipment and techniques related to treating the patient on the ventilator can begin ...