One example of a successful hackathon âhackâ is the messaging app, GroupMe, which Skype ended up acquiring for more than $50 million, according to Kathryn Moore, outreach specialist with the tech company Toptal.
Other forms of life support are ventilators and C-pap which breathe FOR a person. Some people are put on ventilators for various reasons and they are NOT considered life support. If a person is put on a ventilator to offer them a chance to get over a nasty pneumonia, this is not considered life support. It becomes life support when they cannot wean a person off a ventilator so they can breathe on their own.
Extra care is required if your patient is mechanically ventilated and has a chest tube that's otherwise ready to be discontinued. In this instance, the tube should remain in place until he's extubatedâor until the risk for injury to the lung is minimized by reducing the amount of positive pressure.