Vent for dummies - Lesson 1, CO2 and Minute ventilation

An excel spreadsheet tool to help understand basic ventilator concepts. Lesson 1 highlights minute ventilations effect on PaCO2

[@norechile]

thank u!!!! luv u !!

[@peterdaniel66]

if you had TV of 200 then wouldn't you have an effective TV of 50 since the first 150 is wasted?

[@cygnusx555]

1.1ml/kg or 2.2ml/kg anatomic deadspace

[@nikewarrior24]

I tried to do it. But it says it has a password....I don't know the deal about that.

[@nickhiston1]

Useful enough, but telling people to always increase volume is not that well informed. Volutrauma and barotrauma! The calculation that we use on my in intensive care unit is 6-8 ml/kg rather than 10.