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There is quite some discussion of it here https://emcrit.org/pulmcrit/split-ventilators/ https://emcrit.org/pulmcrit/split-ventilators/ It has certain disadva
by yread 7y ago
There is quite some discussion of it here
https://emcrit.org/pulmcrit/split-ventilators/ https://emcrit.org/pulmcrit/split-ventilators/
It has certain disadvantages (like not being able to trigger a breath on yiur own)
- Robadob 7y agoThe video's here, in Italy, show the ventilators used with a bag over the patient's head to create a bubble of positive pressure (and quarantine off their head). So presumably in a scenario like this it's less of a problem about 'triggering own breath'. https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-they-call-it-the-apocalypse-inside-italys-hardest-hit-hospital-11960597 https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-they-call-it-the-apoc...