nursedelia

Thank you RescueNinja (LOVE that name). Yes, I've got that covered. Piece o' cake piece o' pie on that one. Luckily I got signed on prn with a company who would show you hands on until you got it right and felt comfortable. No gruff. :) Great input! Thank you!

ASSUMING is not the best way to get your information.

and the all the alarms are working. I thought I mentioned that.

"I can't answer these questions for you. I am not familiar with the vent that you are using and it is not in front of me to play with." Really? You're going to internet bully me on a nursing forum? Get off my thread. I don't need your help. You need to work on your people skills. FYI No one cares how much you know if you don't share it without being a complete jerk about it. I know I don't. I don't really want to explain this to you, because I don't like going out of my way to explain things to people I don't respect. But, I haven't had this patient for 3 months, and the low pressure setting has just been changed by a doctor at the request of my RT. Furthermore, I was not relying on the alarm, I was watching my patient. Go where you are most needed. You know? Somewhere someone wants to hear your crap. Oh, and for the sake of your character, stop belittling people for asking questions.

@Cuddleswithpuddles....as far as I can tell, yes, that's exactly what I did. But, I didn't get an alarm. Could have been because the low pressure setting was on 8. That's the lowest I've ever had. Like I said, I got the high pressure alarm, but no indications when I took my hand off....weird....I'll call RT in the morning and ask. Btw. cuddleswithpuddles, reply #26 was also a good reminder. Very helpful, thank you. @nursel56....again, maybe my low pressure setting was too low at 8. @all who replied to this thread and tried to help, I should say that I appreciate the input. You never know what you can learn from someone's post and ideas, whatever that may be. :)

@CRNA1982..... I am familiar with and responsible for the LTV 950, and my only question was if the alarm would sound if the trach came out of the patient. IT DOESN'T! (reply #11) I know what all the alarms mean. Why is that even in this discussion? I am getting information from people who are familiar with the vents. (CLEARLY it's not you). That's why I asked the question here. Welcome to the world of nursing, where nurses are trained through baptism by fire. If you ever get your hands on a shiley, attach it to an LTV 950 and you'll see there is no alarm. Low pressure setting at 8. SHEESH.... @Perpetual Student....Yes. I also agree that you should not rely on the alarms to notify you of a decannulation, for your reason and the reason I gave in reply #11.

yes there are vent straps to secure the trach....But, anything is possible.

It is a shiley 4.0. I am imagining the lumen is too small to make enough of a difference to trigger a change in pressure. But, that's just a guess. Like I said, read reply #11 before you comment.

Why would you assume I am not responsible for managing the vent? and.... Did anyone bother to read reply #11? How do you explain that when you think it should alarm when the trach is removed from the patient?

Oh, I should probably mention this was a shiley 4.0.

Errrmmmm..... Ok, so what I did was just attach a trach to the vent to see if it would alarm. Nothing happened. I put my hand over it and the High Pressure alarm sounded. But, when I let off, no low pressure alarm. I just wanted to mention that, just in case someone else had the same question.

Ok, thank you for all your help. No worries. It was not happening at the time I asked the question. I was just curious. Everyone is ok. :)

I want to clarify. I am wondering if it will alarm a low pressure alarm if the trach comes out of the patient.

This might be a dumb question, but it's never happened to me before. Does a low pressure alarm on an LTV 950 turn on if the trach comes out?