Splitting a Ventilator: Multipatient Ventilation for COVID?

ICU Rounds by Jeffrey Guy

Apr 23, 202016:16Religion & Spirituality

Throughout the pandemic, there has been considerable discussion about the possibility of running our of ventilators. One potential solution that was brought forward was putting multiple patients on a single ventilator. T...

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