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The following information, has been collected from the Galileo ventilator for each selectable wave form.

  • Inspiratory Time (seconds)
  • Expiratory Time (seconds)
  • Peak Flow (Liters/minute)
  • PIP (cmh20)
  • MAP (cmh20)
  • Tidal volume (ml)
  • TV delivered (ml)
  • Compliance (ml/cmh20)
  • Resistance (cmh20/L/sec)

These ventilator parameters have been placed into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Please view the spread sheet and the graphs made from the spread sheet data.

p2fToo view the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet graphs.

 

  Sine Square Total ramp 50% ramp
Inspiratory Time (seconds) 1 1 1 1
Expiratory Time (seconds) 3 3 3 3
Peak Flow (Liters/minute) 48 30 60 45
PIP (cmh20) 14 15 14 15
MAP (cmh20) 4 4 4 4
Tidal volume (ml) 500 500 500 500
TV delivered (ml) 449 455 450 465
Compliance (ml/cmh20) 37 37 37 37
Resistance (cmh20/L/sec) 9 9 6 7

Answer the following questions .

  • How is inspiratory time effected by changes in wave form selection?
  • How is expiratory time effected by changes in wave form selection?
  • How is peak inspiratory flow rate effected by wave form selection?
  • How is peak inspiratory pressure (PIP) effected by wave form selection?
  • How is mean airway pressure (MAP)effected by wave form selection?
  • How is delivered tidal volume effected by changes in wave form selection ?
  • How is lung compliance effected by changes in wave form selection?
  • How is airway resistance effected by changes in wave form selection?

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