Mechanical Ventilation

The Critical Care Patient and Family Advisory Council for Quality and Safety (PFACQS) at MedStar Washington Hospital Center shares its overview of a ventilator and how it’s used for patients who require breathing assistance.

[nicolejajaja]

I hope that if someone has a loved one under this conditions, the person might get well. ♥️

[aunenr]

Thank you so much for this video! It has helped me and my family better understand as our mother who is in the ICU on a ventilator fighting the corona virus. I pray to GOD in the name of JESUS for healing, recovery, faith and hope for all that have been impacted by this🙏🏽🙏🏽

[alisardo]

Mechanical ventilation is what the world need the most right now, but care, love and affection cannot be replaced by any of these machines, god bless.

[modok]

Grandpas under a ventilator with COVID and a stroke I never thought I or he would be in this situation. I don’t know what to think or say I just quietly hope and pray he comes out okay please god let my gramps be okay .

[SIMPLETRUTHS]

Been there, done that, decades ago. SHOULD be better now, but it's worse than your worst nightmares, mainly since you can't communicate & it feels like the settings are too high/your lungs are exploding (you're often too drugged to use pen&pad; even if YOU think it's readable, it's just scribble. Tablets w/ pre-programmed, multiple choice common AUDIBLE responses can & should help greatly.)

Remember, the way these work are by using air pressure to forceably inflate your lungs like a balloon...sometimes way, way past the level at which YOU feel your lungs will literally tear open.

Then again, thanks to that, I'm still here, b$tching, laughing, loving, being loved, even skydiving, and .... yelling at the news (on ALL channels.) Thanks, in part to the ventilator. Life is a chain in which the "weakest link" is changing every moment. When you NEED a ventilator, there's no substitute. Remember, even a few minutes without oxygen means partial or critical brain damage ->vegetable w/arms.

[The_PaleHorseman]

I had this done because of a pulmonary embolism, I felt like I was choking non stop

I hated it but I guess it's better than the alternative, but trust me it's not fun.

[Homemovies]

I'm a Respiratory Therapist.
I typed "Ventilator" into YouTube just to get an idea of what info the General Public is getting.

[hyangwookan]

I hope to be dead before I ever need a Ventilator (other than surgery), Heavy Sedation and Paralyzed.

[kevinoduor]

is there a lubricant used for intubation?

[loki_cane_corso_italiano]

Washington, all my prayers and thoughts are with you, hopeful for everyone's health and wellness ♥️

[AngelaGGentile]

Thank you for this informative and reassuring video.

[Jesse-gvtf]

Just terrible. I was thinking of buying my own ventilator for corona virus, but forget it. It's looks like that machine belongs in a hospital.

[NetherStray]

It's important to have videos about this from before Covid, otherwise it's impossible to convince some people that more recent videos aren't just "scaremongering" or whatever.

[vontheslime]

My mom's sister's on a ventilator, I need support Like the whole fam is worried bro, What do i do? ;(

[orangefanization]

This is EXTREMELY scary and not anything i would EVER want or to even happen to an enemy! I have a very bad gag reflex as it is, so i don’t know how this would work!

[joshuaproperties]

I had to go through this process because of asthma a year ago. But they put me to sleep for 4 days while i was incubated. I am so scared to go through this process again....

[salmaqayyum]

if a patient is taking fifty percent oxygen from ventilator what does that exactly mean?

[chadm]

Not being able to swallow would be the worst I would imagine. I have dreams sometimes where I'm trying to swallow and cannot. I feel panicked in my sleep but wake up and I'm fine. Cant imagine being awake and having that feeling of panic.

[anirbanmandal]

Under sedation how the patient eye motor reacts during intubation?

[simasima]

Ventilator killed my loved one who had covid-19. Rushing her on a ventilator was the greatest mistake it did more harm then good. Doctors were so incompetent in Humber River Hospital in Toronto.