I should add that my knowledge of art theory is minimal at best, though Iâm quite comfortable with this position: someone better read (and I intend to get to this position) might not see things the way an âoutsiderâ might. Artâs Positive Function: Representing Utopia.
Critical care nurses encounter numerous issues related to ventilator support, including physiological conditions that impede optimal ventilator function, dyspnea, and patient-ventilator dyssynchrony.
Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation. A preset rate and tidal volume are set, but the machine allows the patient to initiate AND perform their own breaths as well. Positive pressure is applied to ASSIST with the breath, but it is the patient doing the WOB. The ventilator synchronizes the automated breaths with the patient's own breaths.