Potreba zariadenia pre dlhodobo ventilovaných pacientov
Facilities for Long Term Ventilated Patients

Summary/Abstract: Introduction: In this thesis I want to refer to the current problem of the patients, who are dependent on the respiration machine for life, most commonly patients with degenerative neurological diseases. After the treatment, rehabilitation and the clinical stabilization, these patients are sent home and after a short period of time their relatives are tired and seek help. The pressure is developed on the beds in ICU of the Anesthesiology and emergency medicine ward. However the ward has a problem to lay all of the recently resuscitated patients and cannot accomodate stabilized patients with a need for artificial respiratory support. Material and methods: We would like to point out the current problem in Slovakia, which concerns patients of the respiratory apparatus with the lifelong dependancy. There is no place where they would be adequately treated at least during the time when the relatives need a break. We reached out to the public to find out their knowledge about the problem and then we statistically evaluated the outcome. Discussion: The Slovak public has little knowledge of the problem of taking care of long-term ventilated patients. After explainig the problem to the respondents and asking several questions, most of them would welcome the possibility of creating a new special facility for long-term ventilated patients. Conclusion: We are introducing the idea of a new type of device where palliative and intensive medicine professionals could work while under the supervision of caregivers, patients dependent on artificial lung ventilation could live socially dignified lives. In the research part of this thesis I focus on mapping the opinions of respondents about the need of this facility and their view on its contribution to the society.

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