Artificial respiration can be delivered through natural methods such as mouth-to-mouth resuscitation or through mechanical means like intubation. It is vital to supply oxygen to prevent brain cell deterioration, and can be used to maintain organ function in brain dead organ donors. Mechanical respiration can be necessary for premature infants or patients on anesthesia, but can also have side effects. The machines can be programmed to wean patients off once they begin to breathe on their own.
Artificial respiration means applying a method of supplying air to a person, or essentially breathing for him. There are natural methods of doing this, such as blowing air into a person’s mouth while performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and there are also manual or mechanical ways to deliver these needed breaths if a person isn’t breathing on their own or isn’t breathing adequately.
When the body doesn’t get enough oxygen because it isn’t breathing on its own or isn’t breathing enough, brain cells begin to deteriorate rapidly. They rely on a constant supply of oxygen to survive. This is why artificial respiration is so vital in many circumstances. In order to preserve brain cells and prevent tissue death, a continuous supply of oxygen is required.
Mechanical respiration can be used to maintain life in people who are essentially brain dead. This method can be used when a person is technically dead but is a designated organ donor. Keeping organs fully functional is necessary to provide the best chance of a successful transplant. In these cases, the person is not truly alive and meets many other standards that define death, but it can be difficult for that person’s survivors to count them as “missing” because a machine supplies them with breathing space.
The most basic level of rescue breathing is mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. In the field, and when caregivers or caregivers move patients, they can also use a hand pressure pump to supply the necessary air. More extensive methods of delivering air include inserting tubes into your nose or mouth, called intubation.
Intubation can supply air by machine and can use air with a higher oxygen content as needed or simply use room air. This also helps prevent things like vomiting into the lungs during or after surgery. Intubation is standard in many surgeries even if people do not require respiratory support; the tube allows quick access in case breathing slows so much that you require support. People can continue to breathe through the tube on their own.
The most invasive way that rescue breathing is delivered is through a hole in the trachea. Sometimes, a medical condition can make it impossible to insert a tube from your mouth into your windpipe, and healthcare professionals may need more direct access to it. Cutting a small hole at the base of the throat provides this access and may occasionally be necessary.
People who have breathing assistance don’t necessarily lack the ability to breathe. They may not be able to breathe sufficiently, and many forms of anesthesia repress or suppress breathing so much that people won’t take as many breaths as they need to while on drugs. Premature infants born with insufficient lung function and capacity may also require extra support from mechanized respiration, in order to get the vital oxygen and gas exchange they need to promote brain growth and health. At times, mechanical respiration can be a tricky issue in these younger patients and can cause harm and side effects, although the benefits often outweigh the risks.
Many people who are intubated during surgery are extubated before they even wake up, but some people may still need breathing support for a while. Basically, the machines that provide breathing can be programmed to take the extra breaths a patient fails to take. Once the patient begins to take these breaths on his own, he is weaned off the means of artificial respiration.
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