Transport ventilators.
Today there are a number of automatic resuscitators and simple and complex transport ventilators on the market. The user must consider the purpose of the device, the patient population to be ventilated and the capabilities of the individual devices before purchasing a transport ventilator.
Austin
Paul N
PN
Department of Nurse Anesthesia, USUHS Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA. austinpn@yahoo.com
Campbell
Robert S
RS
Johannigman
Jay A
JA
Branson
Richard D
RD
D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical