bipap

[our "newly diagnosed" story starts here. now on to chapter 2...] The AirCurve 10 ST-A that we purchased out of pocket was finally delivered on Monday. I had to chase the UPS truck around the neighborhood to retrieve it, due to a miscommunication... but I now have it in hand. Settings below...

I use a non invasive ventilator, like a bipap, with a full mask, only a few hours a day. But either my mask gets loaded with saliva, or my mouth gets soooo dry after an hour. I don’t know how i will be able to use this all night. Does anyone else have these issues? Thank you

I don't usually post about cash DME sales, obviously, but for anyone needing a starter/backup BiPAP, masks, etc. RespShop has a nice CyberMonday sale going on today. SecondWind has some good options as well. Note that these machines will not be portable with batteries, only for somewhere with...

Suggesting machine volume on a more specific basis than the sticky requires knowing more about the PALS' medical history, so please ask me in VM, PM, or a thread if you need help with BiPAP (or anything else, of course). Best, Laurie

PALS Tom is in the hospital with pneumonia. This is not unexpected and occurs sometimes in late stage bulbar ALS. What is interesting is the hospital wants him on his home bipap, with home settings..So our daughter went home and got it. I question everything, always learning. The...

My BiPap was delivered today. I want to breathe slower than the machine wants me to. Inhaling and exhaling get difficult toward the end. Can one get a longer hose? The space between my side of the bed and the wall is narrow-ish and this means that with the nightstand and then the BiPap, I...

For each male height on the left, especially [but not only] if your Vt setting is outside the range shown in the 3 righthand columns, and you are not comfortable on BiPAP, Vt may need adjustment. Other settings may benefit from adjustment as well. PM me.

For each female height on the left, especially [but not only] if your Vt setting is outside the range shown in the 3 righthand columns, and you are not comfortable on BiPAP, Vt may need adjustment. Other settings may benefit from adjustment as well. PM me.

Hi Everyone, Been a while since my last question. Hoping someone can help us out or guide us. My dad is in the late stages of ALS and is now living in a residence and having multiple panic attacks per day. This has been going on for the last 2 weeks and he is being brought back and forth from...

I’m at my wits end here. PALS has almost no functional movement aside from head/upper torso and a few fingers. He uses his bipap about 20hrs a day. He can be left alone for an hour or so if he’s reading a book on his computer but he can’t move his hands so he’s stuck there if I’m not home...