> ... but we know now that ventilators have a mortality rate of 66% to 90%, so use a cannula instead as long as possible. I assume you mean to use a nasal oxyg

> ... but we know now that ventilators have a mortality rate of 66% to 90%, so use a cannula instead as long as possible. I assume you mean to use a nasal oxygen cannula for as long as possible (as opposed to an intravenous cannula, a nasal feeding cannula, or any of the other various types of cannulae). I could certainly be wrong, but I was under the impression that this is already being done, which is part of the reason the ventilator mortality rate is so high... selection bias. The last-resort treatment is almost always going to have a high mortality rate due to selection bias. Maybe you have some information I don't, but I haven't seen any evidence that doctors are idiots and widely making poor treatment decisions.