The Ventilator Bundle Checklist helps track an organizationâs compliance with implementing each element of the Ventilator Bundle. The Ventilator Bundle is a series of interventions related to ventilator care that, when implemented together, will achieve significantly better outcomes than when implemented individually. The key components of the bundle are: Elevation of the head of the bed; Daily âsedation vacationsâ and assessment of readiness to extubate
Dementia often starts off with just memory problems, but can also involve: 1  difficulty planning and carrying out day-to-day tasks. 2  difficulty communicating. 3  changes in mood, judgement or personality.
Dementia is a general term for a set of symptoms that includes severe memory loss, a significant decline in reasoning and severely impaired communication skills; it most commonly strikes elderly people and used to be referred to as âsenility.â Alzheimerâs disease is a specific illness that is the most common cause of dementia.