Transport Ventilator

[Ramesh Nagappan <rameshnagappan@yahoo.com>]

Hi All

For over 6 years I was involved in "transit care of
the critically ill" (I am not a great fan of the words
"transport" and "retrieval").  We used Drager Oxylog
2000.  Its attributes are well known.

We had a custom-built "Patient Care Bridge" built of
Kevlar.  35 Kgs fully laden, compact and fits on to a
stretcher well. (Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2000;
28: 684-686).

Servo i - the newest in the Servo class of ventilators
- seems very suitable for transport. Frankly, there
will be but a few cases where Drager Oxylog 2000 can't
do the job.  I have not used it for this purpose but
happened to see the ventilator on display at a recent
Brussels meeting.

cheers
Ramesh

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Ramesh Nagappan, MD, FRACP
Critical Care Physician
Intensive Care Unit
Monash Medical Centre
Locked Bag 29, 246, Clayton Road, Clayton - 3168
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Fax: 61 3 9594 6878

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