2006-11-19 13:33:15 · 3 answers · asked by au626 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
This is used in a hospital to measure the volume of air in a persons lungs......people that suffer from respiratory problems.
FYI....if a person is having an asthmatic attack and ends up in the emergency room....this machine can tell how much air is in the lungs. It measures a persons exhaled carbon dioxide....thus determining the amount of air flow in the persons system.
2006-11-19 13:39:55 · answer #1 · answered by jazi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Volume respirator is used for the frequency of breaths of a patient that is on a respirator. For instance an adult breaths 12-20 times per min. A volume respirator can be set for for example 14 times per min. tidal volume pressure which the respirator auto. gives.
2006-11-19 21:45:14 · answer #2 · answered by onecalmbutterfly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it certainly is NOT a ventilator as someone answered. It does not give tidal volumes/resp rate/etc. People commonly confuse the two, even "medics." A respirator is used to protect against disease, etc. It is a mask that care givers wear when taking care of patients with TB and other infectious disease.
2006-11-19 22:14:10 · answer #3 · answered by JR 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋