Anatomy and physiology of respiration - Indications and goals of respiration - Diseases - Tracheotomy - NIV (non-invasive ventilation) - Respiratory models - Spontaneous and positive pressure ventilation - Types of ventilation Pressure-Controlled Ventilation (PCV/A-PVC) -- Volume-Controlled Ventilation (VCV) -- Pressure-Regulated-Volume-Controlled Ventilation -- Pressure Supporting Ventilation (PSV) -- SIMV - Synchronized Intermittent Mechanical Ventilation -- AVAPS -- Emergency Management -- Pharmacology -- oxygen therapy -- dysphagia -- communication in nursing relationships -- hygiene -- resistance and compliance -- control mechanisms and control types -- flow and flow curves -- alarms and alarm settings -- measured values of ventilation -- monitoring -- blood gas analysis (BGA) -- respiratory gas conditioning -- secretion management -- weaning -- discharge management in nursing care -- criminal and liability aspects -- implementation of MPG/operator ordinance -- care, power of attorney and living will.

Safe handling of patient and device in home ventilation! This book offers all relevant contents of the further training "Basic qualification extra-clinical artificial respiration" and addresses itself to maintaining and responsible persons, who supply ventilated humans at home or in the nursing home. Learn comprehensive basics about anatomy, pathology and the different ventilation modes and benefit from the authors' wealth of experience. Here you can read about how to provide your patients or residents with all-round competent care and how to handle the ventilation situation with confidence. Ideal for all employees and nursing services to train and qualify for the challenging care of ventilated patients! This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Au{C7}erklinische Beatmung by Hartmut Lang, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2019. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors. The Content - Special care: patient monitoring, monitoring, secretion management, weaning, discharge management, communication - Indication and goals of ventilation: anatomy, physiology, pathology, invasive and non-invasive forms of ventilation, oxygen therapy - Important topics: Emergency management, hygiene, living wills, liability The publisher Hartmut Lang: Specialist nurse for anaesthesia and intensive care medicine, respiratory therapist, mentor and seminar leader This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.