Set up BiPAP safely — correct circuit, right mask, prescribed IPAP/EPAP, and a patient you monitor closely.

A practice-and-assessment simulator for safely setting up and caring for a patient on BiPAP (Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure — a higher pressure on inspiration, IPAP, and a lower pressure on expiration, EPAP). Assemble the circuit in order, check the device delivers the prescribed IPAP/EPAP, select and fit the mask with skin protection, apply humidification, monitor the patient and equipment, and recognise and escalate complications within scope. Every step gives instant feedback — retry as often as you like.

Start → knowledge primer

Education-only. Australian context and units (cmH₂O). Aligns with the NMBA Standards for Practice, NSQHS Standard 8 (Recognising & Responding to Acute Deterioration), Standard 5 (Comprehensive Care — pressure-injury prevention) and Standard 3 (Infection prevention — circuit/filter). Generic, original equipment — interfaces, pressures, humidification and escalation vary per local policy and manufacturer instructions. This simulation supports learning and does not replace supervised clinical practice, facility policy or professional judgement.

Knowledge primer

Tap each card to reveal the principle. Then answer the check questions — a circuit-order item and a “who sets the pressure” scope item are included — to unlock the patients.

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Knowledge check

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Review the cards above — aim for 5/6 before the scenarios.

Six patients — set-up, fit, monitoring & escalation.

Each drives a different decision — circuit assembly, mask fit, leak/pressure area, intolerance, treatment failure, and humidification/aspiration safety. Work the full skill on a working device, circuit and monitor: check the order, assemble, verify settings, fit, humidify, monitor and escalate. Minor details randomise on retry — reason, don’t memorise.

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Guided Assessment

Education-only. Generic, original equipment — interfaces, pressures, humidification and escalation follow local policy and manufacturer instructions. You check and apply prescribed settings and escalate; prescribing and titrating CPAP are medical decisions.

Prepare · consent · check the order · suitability

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Check the order and the prescribed settings (IPAP / EPAP ± oxygen) and the care plan; hand hygiene; three identifiers; explain and gain consent. Then confirm the patient is suitable — conscious, able to protect the airway, cooperative — and flag aspiration / intolerance risks.

ORDER · CONSENT · IDENTIFY

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SUITABILITY & SAFETY

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Document BiPAP care

Record settings checked, interface, humidification, skin care, observations, complications and escalation.

BiPAP Care Record

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CONFIRM THE RECORD

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