Topics About 'Ventilators'.

Hi guys! So I work at a small group home, kind of like a SNF but it’s just 6 patients and they all have muscular dystrophy. So everyone is on a vent. We just got some mail from the BVNPT and Respiratory Care Board clarifying the LVN scope as opposed ...

This is a genuine question because I might not be seeing the full picture. I keep seeing reports of buying additional ventilators for different areas. But if there is a limited number of ICU nurses and respiratory therapists will that even help? T...

Please forgive my ignorance, but... What is the difference between a respirator and a ventilator?

These Youtube doctors and nurses claim it is the ventilators killing the patients,but I am personally not convinced. I read before that most vented Covid 19 patients will die,and not from respiratory issues, but from sepsis or multi organ failure,w...

On April 8, General Motors received a contract to build 30,000 ventilators. On 4/28/2020, US senator Chris Van Hollen requested GM to reopen one of its other (closed) plants for the purpose of making ventilators. My question is, should these big fac...

I am an engineer and not a health care professional, so I'd appreciate some feedback from people on the medical side. There is widespread concern about the shortage of ventilators, and also an observation that the ventilators themselves can cause dam...

Alright, I'm gonna be the soulless monster who brings it up...... Have those of us in critical care/inpatient started to think of the possibility that rationing care will occur? IF this spread gets bad, and large numbers of people need vents, we wi...