Hey Guys~ I have a Dr. appt. for Ali on Tuesday to discuss putting in a Mickey Button in place of her PEG tube. I was reading online about the Entristar....
This article really made me angry. Another really sad example of how the system is severely broken. I want to see the new movie Sicko and I wonder if Micheal...
... If anyone has other comments be great to hear Rob ... Re: [npventsupport] Mickey vs. Entristar Hi Nichole Rob here father of Sam 22 DMD Australia. We are...
What types of ventilators do you all use and how long do your batteries last in your wheelchairs when you are on battery power only? My son uses the T-Bird...
In a message dated 7/1/2007 5:00:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... We were just told this as well. But...I am in the habit when my son gets home from school I...
Hi all, I received word Friday that Medicaid approved me to get an LTV to go with my new powerchair. I'm very happy to be losing the 40 pound behemoth that's...
mY DAUGHTER IS ON THE ltv 950 our internal battery runs about 1 and half hours. Our external battery which looks like a car battery is supposed to run for 8...
That is terribly sad. I live in OK and medicad will pay for my daughter to go to a children's only center which is an excellent hospital/incare facility if we...
No experience with the transition part, but my daughter has the LTV 950, You will love it, I just wanted to write and wish you luck with it and the transition ...
I bought a new Toshiba laptop this weekend and I stumbled across something that really took me by a huge surprise. The new Vista windows based operating...
Hi, I am an interested, nonvent user on the list. I am blind. Reading about power outages sent chills up my spine. What does one do? What if a battery does...
we use the ltv and the "car battery" but it has never ran for 12 hours and we can barely get an hour on the internal battery -- they just sent us a new "car"...
Sorry, hit the send button As a parent/caregiver our daughter came home on the lp10 (wow 13 years ago). We used that for 6 years until she died. It was pretty...
Nora, Yes the LTV looks kind of intimidating but Dustin (the guy I live with) has one and I've gotten used to what it does. I like that once the settings are...
I was also told by our DME that the vent battery life depends on your settings. You have to remember my 12 hours on the battery and 1 and half on internal are...
I find the LTV simple to use, even my 5 year old son knows how to run it. It is set by the doctor and you dont make any changes unless told to and we have only...
Good question. If the power outage is too long you call 911, got to a hospital or go to the local fire dept. All our fire depts have medical personal to help,...
Lori, That's so cool that your five year old can help all like that. Then again most kids are so fast at learning the latest technology. Changing the circuits...
I was wondering if somebody could explain to me the difference between assist control an SIMV? Does one mode use more power than the other? Take care, Mark VSN...
Mark, Do you have a button? When I get my G-Tube changed I want to check into getting a button but, don't know which one would be best. Any thoughts? GOD...
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Let me see if I can explain SIMV and assist control. SIMV stands for spontaneous intermittent mandatory ventilation what bascially means is the patient is...
Andrew, I never had a button style but I would think that would be a better way to go. I inquired about getting a Mickey but was told that Medicaid didn't pay...
Thanks for the explanation between these two modes. I understand a little better the difference between the two. It sounds to me that the SIMV mode might use a...
that is very helpfull--my aide accidentally turn the vent knob from assist to simv--i have no idea how long ago this happen-but I have notice that I was...
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