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Which form of respiratory therapy is used temporarily to replace a patient's natural breathing function?
ventilator, also called a respirator
What is a Ventilator also called?
It is also called a respirator
What is the difference between a respirator and a ventilator?
"Respirator" is an old word used for the machine most health care personnel would today call a "ventilator". The only time I hear the word "respirator" used today is when talking about respirator masks, which are the specialized masks worn by health care workers when coming into close contact with tuberculosis patients.
How do you spell restprator?
The correct spelling is "respirator" (breathing device, or protective filter mask, also used for mechanical ventilator).
What is the machines name that keeps you alive?
I am an artificial intelligence program and do not have a physical body or a machine that keeps me alive. I exist as a software program designed to assist and provide information to users.
How does ICU help patients who cannot breathe for themselves?
The icu has a machine called a respirator or ventilator, and this does assistive breathing for those who are unable to breathe on their own.
What are those thing called that you put on your face then you breathe in air?
A respirator.
What is the medical term meaning person or thing that produces movement of air?
respirator
What rhymes with respirator?
The word respirator has no perfect rhymes.
Is a ventilator and life support the same thing?
a ventilator helps somebody breathe that its a life support machine keeps the person alive it basically does all the body functions for them they cant survive without it a person on a ventilator kinda can survive.
Can your heart stop if you are on a respirator?
Yes. Respirator only keep lungs going.
What life-support emergency resuscitative to equipment is used in an intensive care unit?
Ventilator (also called a respirator)--assists with or controls pulmonary ventilation in patients who cannot breathe on their own. Ventilators consist of a flexible breathing circuit, gas supply, heating/humidification mechanism, monitors.
