How to Wean a Patient From Mechanical Ventilation

You need to be very cognizant of what might be going on if they get hypotensive. And then you can deal with that by giving them more time to exhale, either by directly increasing the expiratory time or decreasing the respiratory rate. Grant: There 're a lot of different approaches to weaning a patient from mechanical ventilation. Of them are better than another. The most important thing is that you have an approach that you stick to.