New Vortran GO2VENT now available from SkillsTrain Distribution

The Vortran GO2VENT® (Gas Operated Ventilator) is the newest version of the Vortran Medical single-patient-use, disposable resuscitator (VAR). It provides “hands free” ventilator support via a secure airway using a continuous gas source. The GO2VENT® device can be operated on a compressor, oxygen or air with a minimum of 10 litres per minute flow rates. Since it does not require the use of electricity or batteries, it is an ideal backup ventilator for the management of difficult situations such as, mass casualties, natural disasters, disease outbreaks, major power outages and is the perfect solution for transportation needs, whether in or out of the hospital.

The gas-powered GO2VENT®:

• Provides automatic ventilatory support for both breathing and non-breathing patients.

• Pressure-cycled on inhalation and exhalation (PIP and PEEP), which minimises the possibility of gas trapping.

• Delivers a more consistent tidal volume than using a bag-valve mask (BVM) technique.

• Is a constant flow pressure-cycled device and therefore any changes in patient lung compliance will result in changes in the respiratory rate (stiffer or smaller compliances produce faster rates).

The advantage of this minimises the danger of barotrauma.

• A single-patient, disposable device and thus eliminates any crossinfectivity, cross-contamination and equipment sterilisation or decontamination issues.

• Provides emergent and short- term, interim ventilatory support in both pre-hospital and hospital environments, while awaiting the transition to more optimal, sophisticated ventilatory support equipment.

• Provides optimal clinical options for a complex location (not all triage sites have A/C power) - portability, relative ease-of-use and the most cost-effective way of providing basic mechanical ventilation to a large number of patients. “During inhalation, exhalation will not start until set PIP is reached. During exhalation, inhalation will not begin until pressure drops to the controlled PEEP. For the spontaneously breathing patient, the rate dial of the GO2VENT™ is set so that the baseline pressure is above the intrinsic PEEP allowing the patient to initiate inhalation by drawing the baseline pressure down to the set PEEP.’’ - Vortran® User Guide