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This gets a 4x extension of our ventilator supply: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16885402 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16885402 We also have thous
by daotoad 7y ago
This gets a 4x extension of our ventilator supply:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16885402 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16885402
We also have thousands of small manufacturers and hobbyists who are capable of building improvised ventilators should guidance be provided.
Since we are going into spring and summer months, we can use tents to set up extra space.
Also since schools are empty, they can provide additional spaces.
We have capacity, we just need leadership and direction.
- Engineering-MD 7y agoThe problem with this (multiple patients on one generator) is it’s far from ideal and hugely experimental. It’s not really been done for prolonged periods or in large numbers. Patients would need to be matched for physiological variables, and it may reduce modifying these parameters dynamically.
- onetimemanytime 7y agoat least they can try it. If 1400 patients show in an afternoon, this may seem like paradise.