respiratory support
Help with breathing
Respiratory support is medical intervention that helps a patient breathe when their lungs or airways cannot function adequately on their own.
It ranges from supplemental oxygen delivered through a nasal cannula to mechanical ventilation via a breathing tube.
The patient was placed on respiratory support after the accident.
The term encompasses both invasive procedures and gentler assistance like CPAP machines.
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
- iron lungBody-encasing mechanical respirator
- intubationPlacing airway tube
- oxygen therapyAdministered breathing gas treatment
- gas exchangeTransfer of respiratory molecules
hypoxemia · nasal cannula · lungs · alveolar ventilation · CPAP · pulse oximeter · resuscitation · rescue breathing · breath of life · pneumonia · nebulizer · mask · oxygen · oxygen tank · ICU · exhale · nasal · oxygen saturation
- ICUventilators, ventilator, critical care, crash carts, defibrillators
- intensive careventilator, ICU, central line, cardiac monitor, heart monitor
- neonatal lungssurfactant, preterm birth, premature infant, preemies, NICU
- NICUincubators, neonatologists, preemies, warmers, kangaroo care
- medical treatmentschemotherapy, physical therapy, gene therapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy
- addiction servicesrehab, detox, naloxone, Narcan, methadone
respiratory supportwithdrawal of care
Ceasing medical treatment intentionally
extubation · weaning · palliative care · letting nature take its course