8 Description of ventilator
2. Description of ventilator
2.1 Intended use
MEDUMAT Standard is an automatic (short-term)
ventilator.
You can use MEDUMAT Standard:
• to revive patients at the site of the emergency
• on a longer term basis in more protracted
emergencies, e.g. fires.
You can use MEDUMAT Standard while transporting
patients:
• between the various rooms and departments of
a hospital;
• between the hospital and other premises;
• in emergencies;
• when transport over a considerable distance is
planned.
MEDUMAT Standard:
• is designed to provide controlled ventilation to
persons of 10 kg body weight or more;
• is used to treat respiratory arrest;
• can be preset to parameters that ensure evenly
balanced ventilation provided that the selected max-
imum ventilation pressure P
max
is not exceeded.
• can be supplied with additional modules for
aspiration and oxygen inhalation. (N.B.
MEDUMAT Standard cannot be used as a venti-
lator simultaneously with these modules.)