Due to the current bad epidemic situation, the Czechia is buying hundreds of new fans, and is receiving dozens more as humanitarian aid from neighboring countries.
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“The nurse trains how to handle the ventilator for one to six months. She can work with the ventilator independently only after training, or after the sixth month,” Svobodová said.
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General nurses choose from nine specializations, and they study the field for three years at a university or college. According to the Czech Association of Nurses, specialization in intensive care is the most common among nurses.
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“The specialization for intensive care gives nurses competencies in saving lives, ie in the event of failure of basic vital functions. Nurses do not have such competencies with other specializations. , “said Světluše Chabrová, the guarantor of the specialized education of nurses at the University Hospital in Pilsen.
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Lung ventilator for patients
Photo: corovent.cz
During lung ventilation, the mechanical device fully or partially replaces the activity of the lungs and the pumping of oxygen through the body. Doctors warn that lung ventilation is a very invasive method that can damage the lungs. It is ideal to use it for the shortest possible time.
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In recent days, tens to hundreds of lung ventilators have been heading to the Czech Republic as humanitarian aid. On Monday, 45 devices arrived from Austria and 150 from Hungary, and on Sunday 30 from the European Union’s crisis stocks. It also includes the delivery of 105 fans from the Netherlands. Another about 60 fans are to be sent to the Czech Republic by the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO).
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182 CoroVent lung ventilators, developed in the spring in cooperation with the Czech Technical University and produced with money from a charity collection, could also help in hospitals. The government has ordered more than 500 of these devices since the spring, delivered some to hospitals and some remained in the State Material Reserves.
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Lung ventilator capacities are one of the data monitored by the intensive care unit. According to published data, the largest free capacity was around August 25, when almost two thirds of the beds were unoccupied. At the beginning of October, it was 54 percent and according to Saturday’s data, 48.1 percent. Compared to the beginning of October, when there were a total of 1,792 artificial lung ventilators in hospitals, including portable and in operating theaters, there were 171 more by Sunday.
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There are currently more than 5,300 people with covid-19 in hospitals. 800 of them are in a severe condition, which most often requires pulmonary ventilation.
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