[QUAD-L] Re: [VENT-L] Could this happen to you?

[Angelique Novak]

Jerry-     I've always been that shy!  Even before my injury.  A teacher's nightmare, I questioned everything on a different level.     My RT said something like that about the conversion stuff, when I told him what happened the last time I went in for a surgery.  He was amazed that they didn't have LP-10s, and that they called is employer company to see if they could supply one.     I was switched over to my vent that time for the surgery and recovery.  That was a pain for my mom, she switched it over.     I don't see why they didn't have at least 1 LP-10 somewhere in the entire hospital.  They had just bought many PLV-100s, and the RTs had no idea how to program them yet!  Fantastic for the few ventilator dependent people needing surgery, right?     At least the RT wasn't pissy about that last time.  But she was younger.  The older ones are usually bitchy, especially when they see I use an LP-10. -Angelique [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  Angelique:You are so shy about expressing your feelings! Probably what was meant when they said your LP10 settings "don't jive" with the PLV-100, is that the inspiratory setting is a different unit. The LP vents use inspiratory time, and it's Liters per minute on the PLV-100. There is a table for conversion. Don't ask me why; they should use the same inunits. Jerry