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This is a real adaptation being used by real doctors in real hospitals to save real people's lives. There is a pandemic on.
by gvjddbnvdrbv 7y ago
This is a real adaptation being used by real doctors in real hospitals to save real people's lives. There is a pandemic on.
- wayoutthere 7y agoI actually have yet to hear any reports of improvised ventilators being used outside of ventilating multiple patients from a single ventilator. A big reason is that doctors and nurses simply aren't trained to use improvised devices in a way they can trust to be safe. First, do no harm.
- gvjddbnvdrbv 7y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/nyregion/new-york-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/nyregion/new-york-coronav... The Italians are using adapted CPAP machines as well.
- shawnz 7y agoThey describe such usages in the first sentence of the article. Mt. Sinai researchers are actively working on converting BiPAP machines into ventilators.