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Medical Equipment

Operation, calibration and troubleshooting of clinical hardware

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Interactive Bedside Module

Hardware Alarm Decoder & Troubleshooting Simulator

Interactive 3-tier troubleshooting simulator (Patient vs Circuit vs Machine) for ward and ICU hardware alarms.

Universal Hardware Safety Golden Rule: If a ventilator alarm cannot be rectified within 10 seconds and the patient is deteriorating, DISCONNECT the patient from the circuit immediately and manually ventilate using a bag-valve-mask with 100% oxygen.

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Peer-reviewed diagnostic & management guides
Intensive Care / Anesthesia
ICU Clinicians / Residents

Mechanical Ventilator High Peak Pressure Alarm

Bedside algorithm for diagnosing acute airway resistance vs decreased compliance

Bedside Pearl

Differentiate high resistance (high Peak with normal Plateau pressure: biting tube, mucus plug, bronchospasm) from decreased compliance (both Peak and Plateau elevated: pneumothorax, pulmonary edema, atelectasis).

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