Welcome to HMViP
This website aims to provide patients, carers and clinicians with useful information on Home Mechanical Ventilation (HMV), a treatment used to improve the quality of life and reduce hospital admissions for patients with respiratory conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and some neuromuscular disorders.
The site contains information on the treatment and what to expect from HMV, as well as patient videos and stories sharing the patient experience.
Cripping Breath
Community researchers are needed for a project on living with ventilation and respiratory health. Would you be interested in becoming a community researcher for an existing research project looking at living with ventilation?
Cripping Breath is recruiting three Community Researchers – people with lived experience of respiratory illness who live on or with ventilation (technologies that support breathing).
Travelling with HMV
For patients using home mechanical ventilation, airline travel carries significantly increased risk, and careful planning is essential.
Find out more information, hints and tips.
Patient Stories
Watch our patients sharing their story in our videos.