Mechanical ventilation permits the early air transport of patients in respiratory failure. Ventilator-dependent patients have been successfully air transported since the 1970's in the United States Air Force (U.S.A.F.) peacetime aeromedical evacuation system. The selection of suitable ventilation equipment, patient management and related safety issues, such as ventilator performance characteristics during rapid decompression, have been previously reviewed. During peacetime aeromedical operations, space is not usually an issue and volume ventilators are generally used. During wartime operations the bulky volume ventilator and the 100 volt AC (VAC) at 60 Hz electrical power converter are not readily available and take up too much space to be used on the C-130 and C-141 aircraft opportunely diverted from cargo missions to perform aeromedical evacuation. Each litter station in these cargo aircraft can hold up to ten litter patients. When a volume ventilator-dependent patient requires air transport, the litter station is typically reduced to only one or two litters. Recent conflicts such as Operations Just Cause and Desert Storm have refocused the need to provide acute care while enroute to definitive care. The projected large numbers of litter casualties and the potential increased demand for ventilator support for biological chemical or burn injuries during Desert Storm resulted in the distribution of the TXP ventilator to U.S.A.F. Aeromedical Staging Facilities. Use of the TXP ventilator has the potential of reclaiming the eight or nine litter positions lost during the air transport of a volume ventilator-dependent patient due to its ability to be attached to the patient's litter.
Aeromedical Impact of the Transportable Pressure Ventilator in Wartime Aeromedical Evacuation
1995
5 pages
Report
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English
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