These are the pages programs write in blood. Read them before the next night flight.
Wrong patient profile
IBW is downstream of sex and height. Confirm it every new patient, out loud.
Plimit vs Pmax vs PasvLimit
Different names, same idea — a ceiling. Volume targeting surrenders ~10 cmH2O below the high-pressure alarm. If VTE is falling and pressure is kissing the limit, you are done targeting.
Standby
Standby on a connected patient is a disconnect. The T1 will scream. So should you.
O2 enrichment
Two minutes of 100% — suction, lift, a bad minute. It is not a new FiO2. It ends.
Neonatal circuit on an adult
Or the reverse. Flow and compliance measurements become fiction.
Trigger too soft in the truck
Every pothole becomes a 'spontaneous' breath. The MV climbs, the patient doesn't.