Vent Users' Support Page

International Ventilator Users Network (IVUN)

An organization called the International Ventilator Users Network (IVUN) exists to link ventilator users with each other and with health care professionals interested in home mechanical ventilation.The IVUN puts out a newsletter four times a year, and can be contacted at 4207 Lindell Blvd., #110, St. Louis MO 63108-2915 (314-534-0475, or FAX 314-534-5070).info@ventusers.org

2008 Resource Directory for Ventilator-Assisted Living is a networking tool for health professionals and both long-term and new ventilator users.

Listings include:

Health Professionals
Ventilator Users
Ventilator Equipment and Aids
Manufacturers' Addresses, and
Related Organizations, Associations and Foundations.

Take Charge, Not Chances

Aaron's Tracheostomy Message Boards

New Horizons Newsletter

New Horizons is a newsletter written specifically for the ventilator dependent adult by a vent user. The focus of New Horizons is advocacy issues concerning, independent living programs, specialized housing, communication with other vent users, personal stories, Medicaid programs and funding for home care, and problem solving.

See New Horizons Online here.

Vent Related Companies

Aequitron (now Nellcor Puritan Bennett) - LP10, LP20, LP6+
HAMILTON MEDICAL, Ventilators for Intensive Care
Impact Instrumentation
Impact Instrumentation, Inc. - suction machines
J.H. Emerson Co. - In-Exsufflator
Lifecare International (now Respironics)- PLV Series portable volume ventilator, Nev-100 Negative Pressure Ventilator
Lincare - home respiratory care and supplies
Nebulizers & Aspirators
Newport NMI - Newport Medical Instruments - Ventilators
Pulmonetic Systems - LTV1000 Ventilator
Respironics - non-invasive ventilatory systems
VORTRAN Medical Technology - RespirTech Pro a fully automatic, single patient use resuscitator

Trach Tubes

Mallinckrodt - Shiley® Tracheostomy Tubes
Tracoe GmbH Homepage - tracheostomy tubes / Tracheostomiekanülen

Trach Accessories

B&B Medical Technoligies - Trach Collars & Accessories
Dale Medical - trach tube holders
Passy-Muir, Inc. - Tracheostomy and Ventilator Speaking Valves
Pepper Medical - ventilator anti-disconnect device as well as tracheostomy tube holders
Posey - Soft foam tie for tracheastomy tubes

More pages I've done

Other Related

Aaron's Tracheostomy Page
Breethezy
Chronic Lung Disease Resource (Frames)
Dysphagia Resource Center - Resources for swallowing and swallowing disorders
Stiftung NOAH - Tracheostomy Care Guide
Heather Hill - Ventilator Weaning Discussion Forum
International Lung Sounds Association (ILSA)
National Jewish Medical and Reasearch Center
Non-Invasive Vent Users
Respiratory On The Web
The R.A.L.E. Repository : Home Page
Tracheotomy.info :: A Community For Tracheotomy-wearers and the people who love them
ventilation online magazine page
ventilatorpatients · Ventilator Patients group
VentWorld - Home of Ventilators and Mechanical Ventilation
Vent Love, Inc. dedicated to raising funds to improve the lives of individuals with respiratory difficulties who are technologically dependent. The organization raises funds to better enhance their quality of life by allowing them to participate in activities not readily accessible to them.

Articles

University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center

Respiratory Management In SCI
Treatments for respiratory tract complications
- Assisted Cough (Quad Cough)
- Percussion (Chest PT)
- Respiratory Treatments with a Nebulizer
- Postural Drainage
- Tracheotomy Care - Suctioning, Cleaning the Suction Catheter, Cleaning the inner cannula
Pulmonary Problems
Speaking Valves

Related, non-ventilator

"MARK IV" Breathing Pacemaker

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