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In just ten minutes, Gauthier used extra tubing to multiply the number of patients that could be ventilated.
themindunleashed.com - by Elias Marat - March 23, 2020
As health care facilities across the globe continue to grapple with a general shortage of supplies to help them with the devastating coronavirus pandemic, one doctor in Canada has managed to use a bit of creativity, ingenuity, and an idea inspired by YouTube to help future patients.
Dr. Alain Gaithier, an anesthetist at the Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital in Ontario, was worried about the possibility that his rural hospital’s one ventilator would hardly be able to carry the load that the CoViD-19 outbreak could entail.
So Gauthier, who has a Ph. D. in respiratory mechanics, borrowed an idea conceived by American doctors Greg Neyman and Charlene Babcock in 2006 to double the capacity of a single ventilator.
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Information Resources on Ventilators, Parts and Alternatives
Information Resources on Ventilators and Parts are within the links below . . .
CLICK HERE - UF researchers lead the way in rapidly designing, building low-cost, open-source ventilator
CLICK HERE - Video - University of Florida and UF Health faculty pioneer a ventilator made from hardware-store parts
CLICK HERE - University of Florida Health - Open Source Ventilator Project
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CLICK HERE - Rice University team develops desperately needed low-cost ventilator
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CLICK HERE - MIT Will Post Free Plans Online for an Emergency Ventilator That Can Be Built for $100
CLICK HERE - MIT Emergency Ventilator (E-Vent) Project
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CLICK HERE - FDA - Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), auto-CPAP, and bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP or BPAP) machines approved as alternative - March 22, 2020
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CLICK HERE - Covid-19: start-up that saved lives with 3D-printed valve may face legal action - March 18, 2020
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As virus advances, doctors rethink rush to ventilate
reuters.com - by Silvia Aloisi, Deena Beasley, Gabriella Borter, Thomas Escritt, Kate Kelland - April 23, 2020
. . . a shift on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, as doctors rethink when and how to use mechanical ventilators to treat severe sufferers of the disease - and in some cases whether to use them at all. While initially doctors packed intensive care units with intubated patients, now many are exploring other options . . .
. . . ventilators are vitally important and have helped save lives. At the same time, many highlighted the risks from using the most invasive types of them - mechanical ventilators - too early or too frequently, or from non-specialists using them without proper training in overwhelmed hospitals.
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