CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The EMV+® portable ventilator is designed to meet military transport standards and is ideal for air medical and ambulance transport of infants, pediatric patients, and adults.

Detailed explanation-2: -Home ventilators serve the same purpose as hospital versions used in a long term care facility or other clinical setting. They both have a mode that delivers a preset volume of air to your lungs at a set interval and another mode that delivers a preset pressure at a set interval.

Detailed explanation-3: -Portable ventilators are compact devices designed to provide mechanical ventilation in settings where piped gases and mains electricity are unavailable. Modern engineering has afforded these devices a level of sophistication approaching that of a conventional intensive care ventilator.

Detailed explanation-4: -Essentially, ECMO helps these patients by acting as their heart and lungs. The machine is used when all other medical options have been exhausted for patients whose lungs can’t provide enough oxygen to their body or rid themselves of carbon dioxide.