What is a ventilator, why is it necessary for coronavirus patients?

What is a ventilator, why is it necessary for coronavirus patients? Learn the answer to every question related to it

What is a ventilator, why is it necessary for coronavirus patients? 

Apart from the coronavirus, most of the ventilators are heard nowadays, which the Sayed people have never heard of before. After all, is it a ventilator? And how and why it is important for corona virus-infected people, let us answer all these questions to you…

Ventilators (mechanical breathing apparatus) - important in the fight to save the lives of patients whose lungs are not functioning properly when attacked by the virus. An important medical device that is required to effectively treat coronavirus patients is a ventilator. It is a medical device that helps in artificial respiration when the patient's lungs naturally fail to do so. A report by the ICMR stated that about 5 percent of corona virus-infected patients may require intensive care and half of them may require mechanical ventilation.

According to the World Health Organization, one in six coronaviruses (COVID-19) patients become seriously ill and may have difficulty breathing. A ventilator is a machine that helps patients who cannot breathe on their own. It has many other names like - Breathing machine or respirator or mechanical ventilator etc. Let us know why ventilators are important to fight the coronavirus -

What is ventilator 

If understood in a very simple language, it is a machine that saves the lives of patients who have trouble breathing or are unable to breathe on their own. It helps the patient to breathe. If the lungs are unable to do their job due to illness, ventilators handle the breathing process. Meanwhile, doctors try to make the lungs work again through treatment.

What are the types of ventilators? 

Ventilators are mainly of two types. First mechanical ventilation and second non-invasive ventilation.

The tube of the mechanical ventilator is attached to the patient's windpipe (breathing tube), which carries oxygen to the lungs. The ventilator ejects carbon dioxide from the patient's body and sends oxygen inside. For this, a tube is inserted into the windpipe through a small cut in the mouth, nose or throat. Typically, the windpipe is inserted through the patient's nose or mouth into the windpipe or respiratory tract.

The second type of ventilator is not attached to the windpipe (the windpipe), but instead uses a mask covering the mouth and nose to complete this process.

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How does the ventilator work? 

In the most severe cases, the coronavirus damages healthy tissue in the lungs, making it harder for the lungs to carry oxygen to the blood.

It can develop pneumonia in severe conditions, along with a more serious and potentially fatal condition called acute respiratory distress syndrome, which can damage other organs.

To prevent this, the mechanical ventilator carries oxygen to the lungs of patients with severe respiratory problems through a tube inserted below the throat.

The ventilator also has a humidifier, which adds heat and moisture to the air to match the patient's body temperature.

Why does corona patients need a ventilator?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 80% of patients infected with Kovid-19 recover without hospitalization, but one in six patients become seriously ill and have difficulty breathing. In such patients, the virus damages the lungs. There is swelling in the lungs, which makes it very difficult to breathe. The amount of oxygen in the body starts decreasing. Therefore ventilators are required. Through this, the amount of oxygen in the patient's body is normalized.

How much does a ventilator cost? 

One reason for the decrease in the number of ventilators is its price. Ventilators cost a lot. A ventilator can cost 5 to 10 lakhs. However, Mahindra & Mahindra recently claimed that the company will manufacture ventilators for Rs 7,500.

Does the country have a shortage of ventilators? 

The number of ventilators is sufficient as per the current requirements of the country, but the government is preparing ahead. In fact, the production of ventilators is needed in a resource-rich country like the US. The US has overtaken in terms of the number of corona infections. All the countries affected by Corona are engaged in the production of ventilators. As the number of patients increases and ventilators decrease, a large number of people may lose their lives.

The ventilator is an important medical device necessary for patients with coronavirus because it directly affects the patient's lungs. In this article, you learned why the ventilator is so important in the fight against coronavirus, how it works and when it is needed.