Medical Equipment Glossary
ventilator, respiratory
Medical equipment or a breathing machine for providing assisted or artificial ventilation of the lungs. It can thus mean a resuscitator for emergency use, a body respirator, or lung ventilator. In any form its function is to assist or take over from the spontaneous respiratory effort of the patient. These are used during anaesthesia, in intensive care for life support, and during emergency resuscitation.
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