Allergies, asthma, COPD, inflammation, and infections are a few causes that can make you a patient of breathing ailments. People who manage to get diagnosed and begin treatment of these problems on time develop a better understanding of their condition. So, in order to assist you so that you can improve your health, we are enlisting details regarding how to set up NIV treatment. Here you go!
What is meant by non-invasive treatment?
Before beginning with the setup, let us first start with the non-invasive ventilation definition. For those who are not aware, it refers to providing ventilation support to respiratory patients through a mask or similar device. The procedure is different from when the upper airway is bypassed with a tracheal tube, tracheostomy, and laryngeal mask. In this NIV treatment, the air is delivered under positive pressure, usually at varying pressure depending upon whether someone is inhaling or exhaling.
Tips for setting up NIV:
Talk and explain: Undergoing NIV treatment can be bothersome and unpleasant. Lack of tolerance is a significant reason for failure in this case. Thus, it is vital to inform the patient about these drawbacks and explain what NIV involves in advance. You need to be careful with your approach while doing so. Take the patient into confidence and acknowledge that the process is irksome. However, make sure to emphasise its importance.
Prepare for it: Start making preparations for beginning with the treatment. For this, get a fitting mask, employ a nurse who has handled NIV patients before, provide antiemetics and consider NGT to reduce gastric pressure.
Put on the mask: Set the pressure settings with the mask on to start the treatment. Position it near the face so that the patient can feel the air blowing. Afterwards, hold the mask on the face and offer some time to the patient to adjust. When they are ready, keep the mask on their face to get used to the pressure. Afterwards, tighten the straps to ensure a good fit.
Start NIV settings: Once the mask and straps are adjusted, the next step is to start NIV settings. The usual are 5 and 7.5 in the case of CPAP and 12 in BiPAP. When making changes try to involve ABG or ICU teams to guide them through the process.
Monitoring NIV: Stay with the patient for at least minutes to ensure that he is comfortable with the pressure. Whether there is a need to process with invasive mechanical ventilation must be taken within four hours of ignition of NIV treatment.
What are some contraindications of NIV treatment?
Some reasons why you should think about NIV treatment carefully are as follows:
. It can cause facial burns/trauma
. Treatment can result in multiple comorbidities
. May result in life-endangering hypoxemia
. NIV can lead to vomiting
. It can confuse or agitate the patient
This is how NIV treatment can be set up to ensure proper treatment and recovery of the patient.
Summary: NIV treatment can help manage your condition and improve your quality of sleep. Therefore, you must be careful to set it up well.
