Evacuation of seriously wounded service members requiring mechanical ventilation in aircraft where low light, noise, vibration, and barometric pressure changes create a unique clinical environment. Our goal was to evaluate ventilatory requirements, oxygenation, and oxygen use in flight and assess the feasibility of a computer interface. A personal computer was integrated with the pulse oximeter and ventilator data port used in aeromedical evacuation from Iraq to Germany. Ventilator settings, inspired ...
The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the delivery of ventilation and compressions during two person CPR on an instrumented manikin. Basic Life Support was provided by registered nurses using a conventional bag valve mask ventilation or mask ventilation with an automatic transport ventilator, the Impact Model 730 (Impact Instrumentation, Inc., West Caldwell, NJ), that incorporates a metronome to facilitate chest compression timing. Twenty-eight nurses alternated performing 4 minutes ...
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