What is the average stay on a ventialator in surgery intensive care unit?

a patient is on ventilator for as long as he can't breath on his own or when blood gases shows that he still needs mechanical ventilation. Usually a patient is on VR for 1 week via an endotracheal tube. After a week, if mechanical ventilation is needed a tracheostomy (a stoma in the neck area) is done to decrease risk of infection.

depends on y the person is on a vent. in the first place.

It does depend on why the person is on the vent in the first place. After my lung surgery, I was on the vent for three days. I wasn't able to talk and that really bothered me. Now if I have a relative that's on the vent, I give them pen and paper so they can write any questions. They always want to ask something. It is very frustrating.

depends on the person and what is wrong with them.

depends on what surgery the patient underwent and how heavily sedated he/she is. if it's not anything pertaining to the lungs, heart, or brain, chances are they may remove the ventilator after a day when the anesthesia wears off. they usually keep it in place because anesthesia and other sedatives may cause the patient to stop his/her breathing

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