User manual

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application of the artificial lung ventilation, together with other risks, such as a greater

infection risk, oxygen toxicity in its increased faction in inspired gas, etc. Such lung distress is

identified as the “lung distress caused by artificial lung ventilation”. The modern trend thus

prefers the so called protective ventilation modes, the main goal of which is to reduce the

adverse effects of artificial lung ventilation on the patient.

Thecontentsandtheaimofthemeasurements

The aim of this task is to introduce the artificial lung ventilation to the students.

Particular options will be demonstrated on the Veolar apparatus manufactured by Hamilton

Medical (Fig. 6.1), which will be connected to the breathing simulator. Veolar represents the

conventional artificial lung ventilation. Within the framework of the measurement, you will

become acquainted with the controlling and monitoring panels, and also with the alarms

guarding the basic parameters used during patient ventilation.

Fig. 6.1: Conventional ventilator VEOLAR manufactured by Hamilton Medical.

Ventilationmodes

After switching the apparatus on, it is necessary to select the ventilation mode. The

mode is selected by holding the button with the name of the ventilation mode in the left part