ventilators
Mechanical breathing aids
Ventilators are machines that mechanically move air into and out of the lungs for patients who cannot breathe adequately on their own.
In hospitals, critically ill patients may be placed on ventilators during surgery, respiratory failure, or severe illness: COVID patients overwhelmed the supply of ventilators.
The term also applies to devices that circulate fresh air through buildings or enclosed spaces.
Breathing protection device
- ICUAcute care ward
- intubationPlacing airway tube
- oxygenElement eight, colorless gas
- airwaysRespiratory or flight paths
life support · tracheostomy · weaning · sedation · critical care · BiPAP · CPAP · pandemic
Indoor climate management
- exhaust fanAir-removal ventilation device
- air circulationMovement of atmosphere indoors
- ductworkHVAC distribution channels
- atticSpace beneath the roof
industrial · extraction · airflow · cooling · warehouse · factory · ceiling · bathroom fan
Below ground or countercultural
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- exhaust systemVehicle emission routing components
- dust controlManaging airborne fine particles
- methaneSimplest alkane fuel
coal mine · safety · airway · stope · forced air · return air · portal · drift
respirator
Breathing protection device
- ICUAcute care ward
- intubationPlacing airway tube
- oxygenElement eight, colorless gas
airways · life support · tracheostomy · weaning · sedation · critical care · BiPAP · CPAP · pandemic · shortage
HVAC
Indoor climate management
- exhaust fanAir-removal ventilation device
- air circulationMovement of atmosphere indoors
- ductworkHVAC distribution channels
attic · industrial · extraction · airflow · cooling · warehouse · factory · ceiling · bathroom fan · kitchen hood
underground
Below ground or countercultural
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- exhaust systemVehicle emission routing components
- dust controlManaging airborne fine particles
methane · coal mine · safety · airway · stope · forced air · return air · portal · drift · rescue
- pandemic responsecontact tracing, quarantine laws, social distancing, lockdown, mask mandate
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- pandemiclockdowns, COVID-19, outbreak, epidemic, COVID
- reservesreserve, reserves, bank reserves, cash reserves, fuel reserve
- critical systemsavionics, flight control, pacemakers, life support, nuclear reactors
- ICUcritical care, crash carts, life support, defibrillators, cardiac monitoring
ventilatorsextubation
Removal of breathing tube
weaning · palliative care · comfort care · do not resuscitate · withdrawal of care
ventilatorsvacuum chambers
Enclosed spaces emptied of air
asphyxiation · oxygen deprivation · hermetic seals · sealed containers · stagnant air
- ventilator supportAssisted breathing via machine
- ventilator maskAirway delivery interface
- ventilator dependent
- ventilator shortageLack of breathing machines