scholarly journals Development of a Novel Anesthesia Airway Management Robot

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (23) ◽  
pp. 8144
Author(s):  
Xuesong Ma ◽  
Bo Pan ◽  
Tao Song ◽  
Yanwen Sun ◽  
Yili Fu

Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation has attracted increasing attention for air management in general anesthesia. This work proposes a novel robot equipped with two snake arms and a mask-fastening mechanism to facilitate trachea airway management for anesthesia as well as deep sedation and to improve surgical outcomes. The two snake arms with supporting terminals have been designed to lift a patient’s jaw with design optimization, and the mask-fastening mechanism has been utilized to fasten the mask onto a patient’s face. The control unit has been developed to implement lifting and fastening force control with safety and robustness. Loading experiments on the snake arm and tension experiments on the mask-fastening mechanism have been performed to investigate and validate the performances of the proposed anesthesia airway management robot. Experiments on a mock person have also been employed to further verify the effectiveness and reliability of the developed robot system. As an early study of an anesthesia airway management robot, it was verified as a valid attempt to perform mask non-invasive positive pressure ventilation technology by taking advantage of a robotic system.

Author(s):  
Moon-Sook Kim ◽  
Mi-Hee Seo ◽  
Jin-Young Jung ◽  
Jinhyun Kim

The purpose of this study is to develop a simulation-based ventilator training program for general ward nurses and identify its effects. Quantitative data were collected from 29 nurses (intervention group: 15, control group: 14), of which seven were interviewed with focus groups to collect qualitative data. The quantitative results revealed significant differences in ventilator-related knowledge (p = 0.029) and self-efficacy (p = 0.026) between the intervention and control groups. Moreover, three themes were derived from meaningful statements in the qualitative data: understanding psychophysical discomfort of the patient while applying the ventilator; helping in ventilator care; and establishing a future ventilator training strategy. The findings confirmed that the non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) simulation program is an effective method for improving the knowledge of ventilator nursing and self-efficacy and will be helpful in developing educational methods and strategies related to ventilator nursing for general ward nurses.


2003 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 603-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Robino ◽  
Christophe Faisy ◽  
Jean-Luc Diehl ◽  
Nacer Rezgui ◽  
Jacques Labrousse ◽  
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