Methods and systems for gating user initiated increases in oxygen concentration during ventilation

摘要

This disclosure describes systems and methods for ventilating a patient. The disclosure describes novel systems and methods for preventing and/or reducing the likelihood of a patient from receiving too much oxygen during a selected limited increase in oxygen concentration for a set period of time.

主权项

1. A method for ventilating a patient with a ventilator comprising:
delivering a regular oxygen concentration to a patient during ventilation; receiving a user selection of a limited oxygen concentration increase for a set time period; delivering a selected oxygen concentration above the regular oxygen concentration based on the received user selection; monitoring an oxygen saturation level of blood in the patient during the step of delivering the selected oxygen concentration; determining that the oxygen saturation level of the blood exceeds a predetermined threshold prior to expiration of the set time period for the limited oxygen concentration increase; and delivering an adjusted oxygen concentration to the patient based on the step of determining.