Modes Of Mechanical Ventilation

Front 1

What are the three factors that determine the mode for the mechanical ventilator?

Back 1

1) Type of breath (mandatory, spontaneous, assisted)

2) Targeted control variable (volume or pressure)

3) Timing of breath delivery (Continuous Mandatory Ventilation (CMV), SIMV or Spontaneous)

Front 2

What do modes of ventilation describe?

Back 2

The breath type and the pattern of breath delivery to a patient

Front 3

What type of breath does the ventilator control the timing (how many breaths each minute), tidal volume (how much volume in each breath) or both?

Back 3

A mandatory breath

Front 4

During what kind of breath, does the patient control the timing and the tidal volume?

Back 4

During a spontaneous breath

Front 5

Is the volume or pressure of breath based on a set value or control?

Back 5

No, the volume or pressure of the breath is based on the patient’s demand and lung characteristics