MIT Engineers Propose a Safer Method for Sharing Ventilators
May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 19 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on May 18:
As more Covid-19 patients experience acute respiratory distress, there has been much debate over the idea of sharing ventilators, which involves splitting air tubes into multiple branches so that two or more patients can be connected to the same machine.
Several physicians' associations have issued a joint statement discouraging this practice. It poses risk . . .
As more Covid-19 patients experience acute respiratory distress, there has been much debate over the idea of sharing ventilators, which involves splitting air tubes into multiple branches so that two or more patients can be connected to the same machine.
Several physicians' associations have issued a joint statement discouraging this practice. It poses risk . . .