Pandemic events present multiple challenges to the health care environment and the ability of the respiratory therapist to provide mechanical ventilation to all persons in need. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) is a repository of ventilators that would be used to supplement the supply currently in use by the nation’s acute care facilities. These ventilators can be requested and allocated to areas of need in the event of a pandemic.

The Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) holds an inventory of ventilators of various types that can be deployed during a public health emergency if public health and healthcare facilities need additional ventilators to care for patients. Currently, there are three ventilator models in the SNS: Covidien (Puritan Bennett) LP10, Vyaire (CareFusion) LTV1200 and the Zoll (Impact Implementation). If a healthcare facility needs supplemental ventilators from the SNS during a public health emergency, it should work through the state public health department. State health officials are the ones who can request federal assistance for supplies, including ventilators. If you need assistance with this process, please contact the Division of Strategic National Stockpile (DSNS) Operations Center sns.ops@cdc.gov.

The AARC has partnered with the CDC/SNS to provide necessary resources for the respiratory therapist to prepare for mechanically ventilating a large population during a public health emergency. Information is provided for the three ventilators in the SNS: the LP10 (Medtronics), the LTV1200 (Vyaire), and the Uni-vent Eagle 754 (Impact Instrumentation). In addition to ventilator-specific information from the manufacturers, we have provided educational information for respiratory therapists and for the cross-training of respiratory therapy extenders for medical emergencies.

Live Events

Preparing for a Pandemic: The Strategic National Stockpile — Mechanical Ventilation Workshop

Coming in 2020

Resources

Medtronics LP10

LP10 Clinician’s Manual