The patient is admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and placed on Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation (SIMV) mode. The nurse notes that the patient is breathing 12 times per minute, and the ventilator is set at 8 breaths per minute. How many ventilator breaths is the patient receiving?

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In Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation (SIMV) mode, the ventilator allows the patient to initiate their own breaths while also delivering a set number of mandatory breaths. If the patient is breathing 12 times per minute and the ventilator is set to deliver 8 breaths per minute, the patient will receive all 8 of those ventilator breaths, as the ventilator's breaths are part of the total breaths but allow for additional spontaneous breaths initiated by the patient.

The Patient Is Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and Placed