Coronavirus: What are ventilators and why are they important?
These are known as"non-invasive" ventilation, as no internal tubes are required.
But although there were risks when using ventilators, such as not knowing who would suffer long-term effects, he said, sometimes a ventilator was"the only way of getting oxygen into the patient". "They are used to preparing relatively healthy people for theatre. ICU patients are much more fragile."The NHS is reported to have just 8,175 ventilators - and is urgently seeking to acquire more.
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