Benefits of ALung products

Substituting ALung products for mechanical ventilation can provide the following benefits:

• Elimination of sedation allows the patient to stay alert, eat and communicate

• Elimination of ventilator associated pneumonia eliminates dangerous complications, and should reduce cost of care and length of stay in the ICU.

• Avoidance of intubation allows the patient to eat, speak and prevents tracheal injury and sinus infection.

• Reduction in weaning failure should reduce length of stay in the ICU and potential mortality.

• Reduction in tracheostomies will reduce an invasive surgical procedure to the larynx

• Reduced lung injury may reduce the incidence of death.