Funded solely by the Bancroft family and the Hathersage community in 2016/17, the new High Frequency Oscillator Ventilator is a specialist piece of equipment used to help children with breathing difficulties or whose lungs are not functioning properly.
Conventional ventilators replicate the patient’s normal breathing patterns whereas the new oscillator functions by giving small volumes of air and oxygen into the lungs at a high frequency, which helps to prevent the lungs from being damaged by high pressures.
Smaller children are automatically given the correct energy during resuscitation and it also provides real time feedback and monitors the rate and depth of chest compressions.
This improves the quality of resuscitation and helps to improve the chances of saving a patient’s life.
