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On the life critical note, do we need to have a conversation about amateurs repairing medical things? First, of course, thanks to iFixit and others for defendi
by imglorp 7y ago
On the life critical note, do we need to have a conversation about amateurs repairing medical things?
First, of course, thanks to iFixit and others for defending right-to-repair for consumer gear. If I bork my phone trying to fix it, it's really my fault and my problem.
Ordinarily, the official repair channel would have access to calibration and acceptance test procedures. Part of their obscene cost also includes FDA certification and liability.
So in an emergency such as this, the question is not how nerds on the ground can get the gear fixed, but how to take care of the other chores, like avoiding the worst case: making a sick person worse. The cert and legal stuff issues could be erased by some emergency good samaritan legislation.
- foxyv 7y agoIf the choice is between a self-repaired ventilator and a patient dying I would encourage the self-repair. Otherwise yeah, only use certified equipment that is relatively new and in good condition.