Implementing Ventilator Weaning Protocols

The Vital Sync™ weaning readiness and spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) Monitoring application may allow clinicians to streamline and simplify the implementation of protocolized weaning. By continuously monitoring a configurable set of physiologic variables like RR, VT, VE, heart rate, and blood pressure, the Vital Sync™ weaning readiness feature alerts clinicians when patients demonstrate a readiness and tolerance for an SBT based on ACCP/AARC/SCCM guidelines.([FOOTNOTE=MacIntyre, N. R., Cook, D. J., Ely, E. W., Jr., et al. Evidence-based guidelines for weaning and discontinuing ventilatory support: a collective task force facilitated by the American College of Chest Physicians; the American Association for Respiratory Care; and the American College of Critical Care Medicine. Chest. 2001;120(6 Suppl):375S-395S.],[ANCHOR=],[LINK=])

Once clinicians initiate a spontaneous breathing trial, the Vital Sync™ SBT monitoring feature remotely evaluates multiple patient parameters against the SBT protocol criteria.