Partly this is a problem with jargon. When healthcare professionals talk about "beds" or "ventilators" they mean "the bed and all the staff needed for the patie

Partly this is a problem with jargon. When healthcare professionals talk about "beds" or "ventilators" they mean "the bed and all the staff needed for the patient in that bed", or "the ventilator and all the staff needed to put a patient on, and take a patient off, the ventilator". Ventilators turn out the be pretty complicated. Here's a useful thread: https://twitter.com/aroradrn/status/1243091107149418496 https://twitter.com/aroradrn/status/1243091107149418496 And another simplified cheat sheet for people who use machines in one setting which are now being used in other settings, but it has replies from doctors asking questions that give some hints at the complexity: https://twitter.com/aroradrn/status/1244134454001635329?s=20 https://twitter.com/aroradrn/status/1244134454001635329?s=20 Then you have all the "human factors" stuff caused by machines having different layouts.