The CompPAC and PortaPAC portable ventilators bench tests and field experience.
The military and some civilian rescue agencies have a requirement for portable ventilators in the anaesthetic, resuscitation and pre-hospital environment. This paper describes two new portable ventilators specifically designed to satisfy the military requirement for lightweight, robust and versatile equipment which can also be used in a contaminated environment.
Nuffield Department of Anaesthesia, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford.
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D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000295:instrumentation; D002648:Child; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D004867:Equipment Design; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation / Q000502:physiology; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical