Comments on the youtube video about using one ventilator for multiple patients that Dr. Seheult referenced in that video are interesting. A RT was saying it would be better to train people to use ambu bags. Those comments caused me to do some searching which led me to this video about an automated ambu bag. Would something like this work for coronavirus patients? It looks simple enough that it could be cranked out by the thousands very quickly.
honestly, you’d have to have a medical engineer look at it for a fair opinion. I can guess parts would have to be made of plastics that won’t off-gas, no static, etc., and it’d need a bunch of bells and whistles to comply with regs, which are pretty tough. Looks like a good idea, tho. Why not?
best I can gather from your video, here’s something similar:
http://medicalequipment-msl.com/upload/img/20150515/20150515142325.jpg
