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Patients who are in acute hypercapnic/type 2 respiratory failure may need NIV to stabilise their situation. For those requiring acute NIV can be associated with a mortality rate of up to 50% within one year.
As manual ventilation is an aerosol-generating procedure we made this small reminder to use a filter on adult & paediatric bag valve masks to help reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19
CPAP stands for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure delivered via a tight-fitting mask. Typically used for patients with Type-1 respiratory failure with persistently low SPO2 despite supplemental O2.
Red call: "15 minutes. 21-day-old baby with bronchiolitis." Distraught dad: “He’s not been feeding. Why are his lips blue?”
Acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF) or Type 2 respiratory failure, is a failure of ventilation leading to acute hypercapnia with an element of hypoxia and can be life-threatening.
"75 year old male, 2 day history of productive cough and fever. Increasing DIB and confusion." His blood gas shows acidosis and hypercapnoea, how will you manage him?
A 69-year-old male is brought to Resus by paramedics with the history of SOB for 6 hours progressively getting worse. No chest pain.
