Are anesthesiologists and intensivists ready to fully working with domestically produced ventilators?

Abstract

The objective was to determine the attitude of anesthesiologists and intensivists to the possibility of a complete transition to the use of domestic equipment for mechanical ventilation instead of imported ones.

Materials and methods. An anonymous survey of members of the Association of anesthesiologists-intensivists, doctors with experience working on ventilators (code 232870 and 232890), using the Google Forms software service. The survey involved 227 specialists from different regions of the country working in hospitals with both more and less than 1000 beds.

Results. At the workplaces of respondents, imported equipment predominates (91.6 %). The majority of experts (92.6 %) believe that the capabilities of domestic equipment relative to imported ones are lower, 0.4 % – higher, 7 % do not see any differences. The main complaints about modern domestic equipment: less reliability (84.1 %), fewer capabilities (71.4 %), worse interface work (60.4 %), worse service (25.6 %). 92.1 % do not consider it advisable to refuse to import devices, although 63.9 % of respondents do not work with domestically produced ventilators at all.

Conclusion. Domestic anesthesiologists and intensivists are not ready to use exclusively domestically produced devices in their practical work. It is necessary to improve the interaction of the professional community with manufacturers of domestic respiratory equipment in order to disseminate the positive information about it.