I. What’s a respirator?
Respiratory machines are medical devices used to provide artificial respiratory support, which are usually used for first aid, rescue, anaesthesia and other serious diseases, or for cases of respiratory failure, respiratory impairment, ventilation, etc. Respirators were first found in the 1950s, initially designed to treat respiratory failure in polio patients, known as the “iron lung”. With advances in science and technology and the development of medicine, the respirator has evolved so that it can not only assist but also provide breathing support, respiratory regulation and respiratory protection. Modern respirators have become essential and essential equipment in the serious medical sciences. Often used as a medical tool in the context of ICU, anaesthesia, emergency or any occasion where there is a need; as part of the need to improve day-to-day respiratory functioning, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sleep respiratory suspension syndrome, may also be used at home under the direction of a professional.
Respirator types Respirator types Respirator types 2 can be classified by type as an effective means of replacing the autonomous aerodynamic function by artificial means.
1. A respirator is an intrusive respirator, requiring a tube intubation, requiring a ventilator to be inserted through a nasal cavity, oral acoustic door, and a connected respirator for respiratory assistance, which is often used during acute, major surgery and first aid recovery;
2. A no-respirator is a non-intrusive respirator, aired through a respirator connected to the respirator by a respirator or nose mask, which can be used at a relatively light stage of the disease or during preventive treatment. Both aim to assist in breathing and improve air flow by providing oxygen and/or removing CO2.
Respirators consist mainly of control systems, gas supply systems and monitoring systems.
Control systems: The control system is the core part of the respirator, which monitors and regulates the respiratory parameters of patients. Respirators are able to work according to pre-set models and parameters by setting parameters, such as the frequency of breathing, the amount of tidal gas and snorting. Modern respirators are also equipped with state-of-the-art human interfaces and intelligent control algorithms that allow for real-time regulation of patients ‘ respiratory conditions.
2. Gas supply systems: The gas supply system is part of the gas support provided by the respiratory. It consists of a gas source, a gas tube intubation or a mask, a gas current transmission pipeline and a gas humidifier. Respirators use the gas supply system to transport a mixture of oxygen and air into the patient ‘ s respiratory tract to maintain the patient ‘ s respiratory function.
3. Monitoring systems: Monitoring systems are used to monitor patients ‘ respiratory parameters and physiological indicators. It can measure in real time the patient ‘ s physiological indicators such as the frequency of breathing, the amount of tidal air, the concentration of CO2 at the gaseous end, and the patient ‘ s haemooxysaturation and heart rate. The monitoring system enables doctors to keep abreast of patients ‘ respiratory conditions and to adjust and intervene on the basis of the results of the monitoring.
IV. WHY THE BREATHER
In the event of serious CPR, trauma, infection, cerebrovascular accidents, a person ‘ s self-respiration ceases or does not meet his/her physical needs, requiring a breathing machine to transport oxygen into the body for normal metabolism; the use of a breathing machine in an anaesthesia allows the patient to undergo surgery safely in a state of complete abdominal and respiratory cessation; there are also chronic diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure, which can improve the pulmonary aerobic state through a non-respiratory mechanism; the previously mentioned sleep-respiration syndrome improves the breathing state through a breathing machine, improves the oxygen supply of human cardiovascular vessels to prevent disease. Respirators are therefore vital medical equipment that can prevent and treat respiratory failure, reduce complications and save and prolong patients ‘ lives.
Respirators are widely used in the hospital’s medical, respiratory and anaesthesia sections, including, inter alia:
1. Severe respiratory failure: Respirators can provide mechanical ventilation support to patients with respiratory failure to help them maintain normal respiratory functions. Respiratory failure may be caused by a number of causes, such as acute respiratory distress syndrome, pneumonia, poisoning, etc.
2. Post-operative respiratory support: Some post-operative patients may need respiratory support to ensure post-operative respiratory function. In particular, during anaesthesia, respirators can help the patient maintain normal breathing.
3. Severe muscular insufficiency: Some patients suffering from muscular incapacitation are unable to maintain normal respiratory function and require a respirator to perform assisted breathing.
VI. Will there be dependency when the respirator is long?
Almost every patient at the very beginning had such concerns: do they depend on breathing? Can’t you breathe without it? In fact, the patient had this question because there was no clear understanding of the working principles of the breathing machine. OSA patients’ breathing is suspended only because of an upper respiratory blockage, and the respirator that treats OSA provides pressure from an air current so that they do not collapse and jam, but the breathing itself is done by the patient, not by the machine, and therefore does not become dependent. The PCPAP is the most extensive, effective and safe treatment available at present, which opens the collapsed airway through the normal air pressure of the respirator, improves the suffocation symptoms and allows patients to breathe normally at night. Summary
In general, respiratory machines provide important support for clinical treatment as indispensable equipment in the medical section for acute illness. Through continuous technological innovation and progress, it is expected that, in the future, respirators will be more intelligent and personalized, that they will be more easily and simpler to use and that they will provide better respiratory support to patients.
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