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What exactly would require training? Is this not something that could be learned from a Youtube video? Or is learning to use one more like learning to play the

What exactly would require training? Is this not something that could be learned from a Youtube video? Or is learning to use one more like learning to play the violin?

gravypod 7y ago
I'm not a doctor but I think there's multiple types of ventilation. There's invasive and non invasive ventilation. Invasive ventilation requires a tube inserted into you and it's very unpleasant. You are often sedated while this is done. Sedation requires monitoring and care to supply drugs, nutrition, cleaning, exercising and stretching muscles, and many more tasks. Noninvasive ventilation is like CPAP machines. They just cover your mouth. I don't know why you'd use one or another but there's likely a reason the sick are being sedated for covid-19
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lcuff 7y ago
As I said elsewhere, if you've got $15,000 you can buy one, with support for home use: https://helpmedicalsupplies.com/products/philips-respironics-trilogy-100-ventilator?variant=9981590077555&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpLfzBRCRARIsAHuj6qUQ3Ke3CQPyPeX5QNeM6B13ypF4r5cBbStVWW8EJhKdkv5algXDZWwaAoN3EALw_wcB https://helpmedicalsupplies.com/products/philips-respironics... If you were building one yourself, it would take some education. Google 'ventilator induced lung injury' and dive into the complexity. ...
- sigmaprimus 7y ago
  Ahh ok, I confused a "Bag Valve Mask" similar to this one https://www.walmart.com/ip/LINE2design-Adult-BVM-Bag-Valve-Mask-Disposable-Resuscitators-One-Size/942193562 https://www.walmart.com/ip/LINE2design-Adult-BVM-Bag-Valve-M... With the respirator your describing which is a complicated expensive machine. There are several stories of people being kept alive for years using just bag valve masks. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2270178/Chinese-man-kept-alive-years-HOMEMADE-ventilator-family-squeeze-18-times-minute.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2270178/Chinese-m... This is a pdf about a project a MIT student worked on in 2010 that automates the squeezing of the bag. https://web.mit.edu/2.75/projects/DMD_2010_Al_Husseini.pdf https://web.mit.edu/2.75/projects/DMD_2010_Al_Husseini.pdf

What exactly would require training? Is this not something that could be learned from a Youtube video? Or is learning to use one more like learning to play the violin?

gravypod 7y ago

I'm not a doctor but I think there's multiple types of ventilation. There's invasive and non invasive ventilation. Invasive ventilation requires a tube inserted into you and it's very unpleasant. You are often sedated while this is done. Sedation requires monitoring and care to supply drugs, nutrition, cleaning, exercising and stretching muscles, and many more tasks. Noninvasive ventilation is like CPAP machines. They just cover your mouth. I don't know why you'd use one or another but there's likely a reason the sick are being sedated for covid-19

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lcuff 7y ago

As I said elsewhere, if you've got $15,000 you can buy one, with support for home use: https://helpmedicalsupplies.com/products/philips-respironics-trilogy-100-ventilator?variant=9981590077555&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpLfzBRCRARIsAHuj6qUQ3Ke3CQPyPeX5QNeM6B13ypF4r5cBbStVWW8EJhKdkv5algXDZWwaAoN3EALw_wcB https://helpmedicalsupplies.com/products/philips-respironics... If you were building one yourself, it would take some education. Google 'ventilator induced lung injury' and dive into the complexity. ...

sigmaprimus 7y ago
Ahh ok, I confused a "Bag Valve Mask" similar to this one https://www.walmart.com/ip/LINE2design-Adult-BVM-Bag-Valve-Mask-Disposable-Resuscitators-One-Size/942193562 https://www.walmart.com/ip/LINE2design-Adult-BVM-Bag-Valve-M... With the respirator your describing which is a complicated expensive machine. There are several stories of people being kept alive for years using just bag valve masks. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2270178/Chinese-man-kept-alive-years-HOMEMADE-ventilator-family-squeeze-18-times-minute.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2270178/Chinese-m... This is a pdf about a project a MIT student worked on in 2010 that automates the squeezing of the bag. https://web.mit.edu/2.75/projects/DMD_2010_Al_Husseini.pdf https://web.mit.edu/2.75/projects/DMD_2010_Al_Husseini.pdf