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Overlooked Ventilator Supply?

2 points by SeniorSenior 6 years ago · 1 comment · 1 min read


Ventilators are in short supply. CPAPs can be reprogrammed to be ventilators. Why isn't someone recycling CPAPs? The VA gives me a new one about every three years. I've got three. Grampa Google says millions of us use CPAPs. Doesn't that mean providing millions of ventilators is just an organizational challenge, not a fabrication challenge?

joezydeco 6 years ago

"The American Society of Anesthesiologists issued guidance on Feb. 23 discouraging CPAP use in COVID-19 patients — advice largely informed by experience with the SARS epidemic in 2003. Studies dating to 2003 suggest such devices can pump viruses into the air, potentially increasing the spread of a contagious disease."

https://www.asahq.org/about-asa/governance-and-committees/as...

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