PHVP In The Inpatient Setting

• PHVP is done in the inpatient setting and is associated with an extended hospital admission in the ICU and intermediate care unit.
• Each institution may utilize different ventilator in the ICU and for home care, but the goal is to keep the patient alive by mechanically providing breaths and add oxygen when needed.
A patient who cannot maintain their airways, there only option is to have tracheostomy tube and if they are not able to breathe, they cannot survive without the ventilator.