Your route to humidification

Which way do you want to go?

Whichever route you choose to take we can help you get there. We’ve got an extensive product range for active and passive humidification, and also for your spontaneously breathing patients.

Why is humidification needed?

In normal respiration the upper airway helps to warm and humidify inspired air, and to retain the warmth and moisture contained in expired air. During inspiration even cold or dry air is typically heated to 37°C and fully saturated, containing 44mg H²O per litre. In mechanical ventilation the patient’s upper airway may be bypassed by the introduction of a tracheal tube. As a result the patient’s lungs may be confronted with dry inspired gas

The drying and cooling effect is exacerbated by the presence of the tracheal tube, the normal process of re-absorption of heat and moisture by the upper airway during expiration is lost.