Questions for RT in pediatrics
My baby girl was born a micro preemie at 24/3. Spent 7 months in NICU and two months in a transitional care unit so dad and I could learn everything about Trach, ventilators, and everything that goes along with it. She has CLD/BPD (same thing) because she was born so tiny and early. We are supposed to be off the vent and possibly decannulated in March.
My question for y’all is this:
When my baby girl is on her ventilator and heater at night there is a ton of rain out in the circuit; what can I do to prevent so much rain out?
She’s only on the heater at night because during the day she moves to the kitchen or living room with me and we take the ventilator to the other room but not the heater. We use an inline HME during the day.
My baby girl is on the Vivo 45LS ventilator and her heater is the 850. It’s a single circuit so there’s one probe that goes in the circuit on the heater and another probe up near my baby girl. There is a whisper swivel. We just recently switched from the Astral 150 to the Vivo 45LS ventilator I never dealt with this issue with the astral. Hopefully you can give me some insight. I’ve tried covering the probes so the air won’t blow on it and there’s still a ton of rain out. I also put quilts on the outside of her crib to try to avoid the air blowing directly on the circuit. We have a window AC unit in her room and we live in Texas so it’s not quite time to quit using the AC.
Thanks in advance and if you need any more info I’m happy to share c and/or post photos of setup if needed.