The respiratory therapist must operate various machines and equipment to treat a patient with respiratory problems or infections. Knowledge of how to use respiratory equipment and other equipment is the main objective of secondary vocational at a respiratory therapist.
Equipment
Although there are many different teams use a respiratory therapist and oxygen, they should be used with caution and be advised by a doctor before starting treatment. Oxygen and pulmonary ventilation includes several items, and many other services related to oxygen.
Oxygen Cylinders and Oxygen Concentrators
Attached to tubes, cannulas and masks, oxygen bottles supplemental oxygen for patients who are still able to breathe spontaneously and naturally. oxygen cylinder offers 100% pure oxygen to the nasal cavity and the patient breathes on its own to provide more oxygen to the lungs and create more oxygen in the blood. Oxygen concentrators act in a similar way, but uses air from the air you breathe naturally, which is only 60 percent oxygen, oxygen concentrators, and then focus our oxygen until natural ‘that it is 80 percent oxygen and deliver oxygen to 80 per cent within the tubes for the mask covering mouth and nose.
Nebulizer
Another feature that is often used for respiratory therapists is the nebulizer. The nebulizer is a device whose function is to transfer a liquid medication into a mist that can be inhaled into the lungs through a mouthpiece or a mouthpiece. A nebulizer is used to administer drugs to be delivered directly into the lungs and airways, these drugs do not work effectively if administered by other means.
Suction Machine
A suction device is a mouthpiece connected to a tube connected to a machine used for aspiration of fluid in the lungs and respiratory system. If the excess fluid accumulates in the lungs of a patient, it becomes difficult to breathe and the liquid is designed to facilitate breathing. In case of accident, can damage the lungs and blood can fill the cavity of the lungs and should be deleted. The suction machine was designed to eliminate any type of liquid or small thought in the lungs of a patient that may cause difficulty in breathing.
CPAP and BIPAP Machines
Both types of machines to manage the airway pressure (PAP) method of oxygen and respiratory ventilation is used to treat patients with sleep apnea. PAP ventilation methods are also used for patients with respiratory failure and children with respiratory problems. The method of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is managed by the CPAP machine and is used to allow air flow to prevent airway closure During Sleep. The positive airway pressure at two levels (BIPAP) is used to simulate natural breathing, which offers two levels of airway pressure: inhalation and exhalation or inhalation and exhalation.
Precautions
When you use a device to facilitate breathing, an oxygen monitor should also be used. The oxygen monitor reads the amount of oxygen administered. Too much oxygen in the lungs can cause spontaneous cease to function because the lungs will realize that they need not work to obtain the necessary quantities of oxygen, and therefore a natural reflex of the lungs to stop breathing.
Respiratory equipment is designed to help patients with respiratory diseases like chronic bronchitis, emphysema or severe asthma. Although there are many types of devices used to administer inhalation therapy, such as portable oxygen tanks, the most common form of the respiratory system are a nebulizer, which gives its members through a mist of inhalants. Due to the nature of their use and the drugs involved, respiratory equipment must be cleaned regularly to maintain in good condition.