First Ventilator Pt. Tonight...what to do?

[Jo Dirt]

The private duty agency I work for called while ago and asked if I would please go to a case tonight for a man with end-stage COPD who had just come back from the hospital. The man is DNR and on a ventilator. I've never worked with a ventilator patient before but have been assured it is not that hard to do.

I'm still a little nervous, can anyone with more experience tell me what to expect?

[DG5]

There are vent patients at one of the units and I have been called by the staffing office to get booked on one of their courses for it. There is NO WAY I would do it otherwise. I would agree with the other posts - don't do it.