Because most MD’s toe the party line. They killed thousands with ventilators.
If they needed and/or wanted a Vent. They got one.
We have things we look at...ABG's/VBG's...that tell us are they ventilating are they oxygenating?....What is their WOB if they are not acidotic.
I had pts's that did not want to be on a vent....but near the end they begged us to intubate and place them on a vent.
I saw a lot of death...and in a small rural Hosp. too.
But I NEVER saw anyone tubed..and placed on a vent that did not want it.