What is a ventilator? The 'critical resource' that is in short supply

A ventilator assists patients who cannot properly breathe on their own by pumping air through a tube that has been inserted into the patient's windpipe.
A ventilator assists patients who cannot properly breathe on their own by pumping air through a tube that has been inserted into the patient's windpipe.
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Ventilators are overused for Covid-19 patients, doctors say - STAT

There Aren't Enough Ventilators to Cope With the Coronavirus - The New York Times

Intermountain Healthcare Researchers Receive $4.6 Million NIH Grant to Study Mechanical Ventilator Protocols for COVID and Other Critically-Ill ICU Patients

There Aren't Enough Ventilators to Cope With the Coronavirus - The New York Times

Ventilation Blog

Canada creates stockpile of ventilators since COVID

Americans are divided by religion on who should get critical care if there is a shortage of ventilators

Meeting the need for ventilators in low- and middle-income countries - King's College London

Who gets a ventilator? The 'gut-wrenching' choices facing US health workers, Coronavirus

Ventilator - Wikipedia

Infection control in the intensive care unit: expert consensus statements for SARS-CoV-2 using a Delphi method - The Lancet Infectious Diseases

The ventilator challenge will test ingenuity to the limit

Coronavirus: Cuomo wants more ventilators, but are there enough specialists to run them?

New design tackles the ventilator access gap in low income countries

Online course to train medical pros on use of mechanical ventilators — Harvard Gazette