In medicine, mechanical ventilation is a method to mechanically assist or replace spontaneous breathing when patients cannot do so on their own, and must be done so after invasive intubation with an endotracheal or tracheostomy tube through which air is directly delivered . In many cases, mechanical ventilation is used in acute settings such as in the ICU for a short period of time during a serious illness. For some...
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I am a Respiratory therapist.. have been for 6 years and just in the past 6 years plus when i was in respiratory there has been many changes...