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They go into the next machine to be made. The scenario you describe happens if sufficiently many such people exist, and if they are all placed in machines, and
by margalabargala 3y ago
They go into the next machine to be made.
The scenario you describe happens if sufficiently many such people exist, and if they are all placed in machines, and the rate of new machine construction plus the rate at which the current patients die of other causes is higher than the rate at which such people are being born.
I don't think that's a plausible scenario.
- tsimionescu 3y agoNot only is it a plausible scenario, it is the reality today. There are far fewer ECMO teams + machines than people who will die without it. In time this will improve, as technology advances and as more medical personnel are trained in maintaining one, but we are at the early stages and this conundrum happens all the time.
- renewiltord 3y agoIt is the current scenario. We have to dedicate both people and resources to this. Triage is a real thing. Resources are not infinite.