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Airway Secretion Clearance Equipment Form Application for Funding Respiratory Equipment and Supplies Application for Funding Ventilator Equipment and Supplies Care Provider Documentation Form Chronic Ventilatory Care Model Chronic Ventilator Clinic Followup: Medical Problems Symptom Assessment Form...

When should I use my Non-Invasive Ventilation? You normally use your unit when you sleep but you can use it whenever you are resting to rest the muscles as well. How many hours a day should I use the device? You should use the device every night and for as many hours as you sleep. It may take as...

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Assistive Devices Program forms: Patients require a physician's prescription and authorization in order to receive funding for respiratory and ventilatory supplies, as well as access to the Ventilator Equipment Pool. The following forms are essential. For more...

People who have been using long term ventilation since childhood must transfer care to the adult system when they reach the age of majority. The following forms can help communicate key clinical information and help smooth the transition while supporting the youth's choices in direction of care...

Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital - Growing Up Ready (Paediatric Transition Resources) Toronto East General Hospital - Provincial Weaning Centre of Excellence West Park Healthcare Centre - Long-Term Ventilation Centre of Excellence College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario Optimizing...

The Critical Care team at London Health Sciences Centre aims to improve the care of all persons requiring chronic mechanical ventilation. This includes: Patients requiring a mechanical ventilator for 21 days or more. This group of patients who require the ventilator for this period of time are...

ALS (Lou Gehrig's) Chronic Critical Illness COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Guillain-Barre Syndrome MS - Multiple Sclerosis Obesity-related Hypoventilation Restricted Chest Wall, congenital or acquired Obstructive Sleep Apnea Spinal Cord Injuries

For those patients who require long term ventilation due to the chronic sequelae of an acute illness or injury, there are several different care environments to have their care needs met . The patient’s plan of care and care environment will depend upon patient care needs, patient goals of care, and...

The number of children and young people receiving LTV continues to climb, due to increasing survival from critical illness, improvements in equipment, and changing attitudes towards providing home respiratory support. These children are also now largely at home rather than in hospital. They attend...

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is the provision of mechanical ventilation via a face mask. Using this face and mask, NIV technology provides positive pressure ventilation so that air and pressure are delivered to the lungs and smaller airways. Our experience has shown us that the use of NIV benefits...