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Post by mary clothier on May 30, 2020 21:56:49 GMT -5
1) The Circumstance that the anesthesia workstation should be used for COVID patients would be with an Overwhelmed hospital situation and a need for additional ventilators!
Infection control of the breathing circuit of the anesthesia workstation is the concern! Our Fantastic Biomedical Engineers would be our greatest resource in use of the GE Healthcare and Draeger Anesthesia ventilators!
2) As reported by Michael Dosch, CRNA "Off label use of the device entirely the responsibility of the user, and should be carefully considered before implementation"! Of course not sustainable to use, as we who are in ICUs know the settings needed to ventilate these patients are extreme, PEEPs in the high 20's!
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Post by rboynton on May 31, 2020 6:41:41 GMT -5
The circumstances that it may be feasible to use an anesthesia ventilator are not ideal, but in an emergency situation could be used if other sources...such as ICU ventilators, are no longer available. Anesthesia ventilators would have to be manned continuously and preferably by anesthesia trained personnel. In an emergency situations, it could be used temporarily with the correct protocols.
The anesthesia machine would be a temporary solution as I noted above and not be sustainable in the long term for the Covid patient due to staffing needs, differences in ventilatory capacities of the anesthesia ventilators and the ICU ventilators, and the maintenance needs of the anesthesia machine...ie 24 hour reboot.
Good article.
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May 31, 2020 21:50:20 GMT -5
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Post by Lu Lin on May 31, 2020 21:50:20 GMT -5
I is a very good article and at the right time. 1. I think it will only be feasible to use our anesthesia machines as ventilators for the covid (+) patients if there are not any other options or ventilators avail for use under extreme emergencies. There are many restrictions to our ventilators, a few changes to our set-up using bacterial filters etc. and monitoring by an anesthesia provider it could be done. 2. I don’t think using the anesthesia machine will be a sustainable solution for the long term not only due to the staffing requirements and the continuous need for monitoring by an anesthesia provider, but also because these ventilators are not made to be used for long term ventilation purposes. In extreme circumstances, it could be done.
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