Posted on 03/28/2020 10:08:15 PM PDT by Species8472
This is a "ventilator. They get about $200 bucks each for them. There are millions of these in hospitals, ambulances and clinics. Only drawback is that it requires someone to squeeze the bag...….
You watched FOX today!
I think they need electric ventilators.
That’s a manual ventilator.
LOL
Those can only be used a short time per person and do not offer automatic unattended usage. You literally have to have at least a 1:1 staff:patient ratio to use them, and that only for a short time.
Amazing what $2.00 will buy in the medical world. In the aviation price bloated marketplace it would fetch 20.00.
If certified to FAA specs then it would be a bargain at 2000.
Where does the exhaled CO2 go?
You need the new CHEVY 5000 Ventilator!!
500 HP
0 to 20,000 breaths in 0.2 seconds.
Collision Detection.
100 million breath drive train warranty.
Honorary membership in the redneck army.
Even one of the older models would do.
Or a lower profile Executive model.
Dyson invented device that automatically squeezes that kind of ventilator just saw the news story
“500 HP “
Mine has 750!
This is an ambubag not a ventilator. It requires someone to continuously pump it. A ventilator is an electronic system that automatically pumps air into the lungs and extracts the exhalation. Don’t compare apples to Cadillacs and quote the price of the apple.
Excellent!
You wasted your one vanity on something that was idiotic. Ok. It’s your nickel. Wooden nickel but it was yours. Idiot.
Are real ventilators reusable or are they one time only?
I am sure that it would be fairly easy to get some air, gas or electric piston parts that simply presses that compression bag on a fixed cycle. You wouldn’t need 1:1 personnel but you would need someone keeping an eye to make sure they were functioning continually.
The compression bag isn’t all that robust for long term usage. They are often tossed after a (relative) few uses in ambulances.
You also need to have a tight seal around the face to prevent leakage. Most importantly, the head needs to be held properly with the jaw thrust open to ensure that the air goes into the lungs, not into the stomach. Good try though
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