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People spend a month on a ventilator, and they end up brain damaged. It's probably due to the anesthesia needed to restrain a person who has tubes jammed into t
by burfog 6y ago
People spend a month on a ventilator, and they end up brain damaged. It's probably due to the anesthesia needed to restrain a person who has tubes jammed into the lungs.
People went half a century on iron lungs. They were fine. They could talk and eat.
It's clear what the best solution for the patients is. We aren't using it because it is annoying for the hospitals. It is really bulky, it slows down access to the torso, and nobody wants to pay for that.