Someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought ventilators greatly increased the risk of pneumonia, and triggering bigger issues.
I think if putting a patient on a ventilator is the only way to get the patient oxygenated, then the patient is intubated. Deal with the complications later.
I can hear the conversation now…
“Gee, doc, if we put him on a ventilator he will have pneumonia later. . Nurse, if we don’t put him on a vent now he will die now”