Ventilators

A ventilator is a machine that forces air into a patient’s lung through a breathing tube, or provides help to the patient who is breathing on his/her own.

A ventilator may be needed if the patient is unable to breathe. The breathing machine is sometimes used when the patient is very sick and we want to rest their lungs. Although the ventilator is a form of life support, patients on ventilators are at risk of injury to the lung (e.g. collapsed lung or pneumothorax) and pneumonia.

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Ventilators