Cardiolab Icu Ventilator

Mechanical ventilators are machines that act as bellows to move air in and out of your lungs. Your respiratory therapist and doctor set the ventilator to control how often it pushes air into your lungs and how much air you get. You may be fitted with a mask to get air from the ventilator into your lungs.A breathing machine called a ventilator or respirator may be used to help people have conditions or illnesses that make breathing on their own very hard. A ventilator is a machine that helps you breathe by pushing oxygen into your lungs and carbon dioxide from your body.It is a machine that helps you take breaths if you can't do it on your own. Your doctor might call it a “mechanical ventilator.” People also often refer to it as a “breathing machine” or “respirator.” Technically, a respirator is a mask that medical workers wear when they care for someone with a contagious illness.