Less complication when calculating duration? Evaluating the accuracy of the LTV-1000 cylinder duration calculator feature.

Transporting critically ill patients has become a common occurrence in the work life of most respiratory therapists. Roentgenograms, the mainstay of diagnostic tools, have been joined by other diagnostic tests and interventions that seemed exotic a couple of decades ago. As with any form of technology, the extraordinary becomes the routine, the routine becomes the expected, and the expected becomes the standard. The new standards for diagnosis and treatment seem to translate to more patient transporting, including those requiring mechanical ventilatory support. Fortunately, mechanical ventilation has not been left behind in the technical evolution. The new generation of transport ventilators are no longer mechanized manual resuscitators; they are now capable of providing ventilatory support with features equal to many “bedside” critical care ventilators.