PC-based training system for clinical use of a lung ventilator.
The intention of this work was to create a simple instrument for training in the operation of a lung ventilator and the understanding and interpretation of the lung-mechanical relationships between the flow and pressure curves produced by a ventilator in a patient's lung. The task was solved in a phragmatical way by storing respiratory curves in an 'acquisition' phase and reproducing them in the later 'stimulation' phase. The user can choose the following parameters: type of ventilation (flow control, pressure control, SIMV), inspiratory minute volume, inspiratory pressure, respiratory rate, percentage inspiratory time and PEEP.
Frey
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Universität Heidelberg, Fak. für klinische Medizin, Mannheim, BRD.
Osswald
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Brodhagen
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D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D008838:Microcomputers; D008954:Models, Biological; D012138:Respiratory Therapy / Q000193:education*; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical