PCR Spotlight: One respirator for more than one patient
William Wijns, John Laffey and Atif Shahzad from Galway, talk about the use of a single respirator for multiple patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the COVID crisis when facilities have been overwhelmed, the avaibility of beds and respirators has been an major challenge. In this discussion with William Wijns, John Laffey and Atif Shahzad explain in detail how their shared ventilation system works.
There have been reports that it is possible to connect more than one patient to a single respirator, even though there are important risks to ventilator sharing. Despite the risks, ventilator sharing may be a necessity in a certain cases. This is why they came up with solutions to safely and effectively control each patient's ventilatory settings.
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This page was published on 23 June 2020.
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