https://freerepublic.com/tag/ventilaor/ en-us Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:41:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3828124/posts Producing the machines is the easy part. It is the human infrastructure that is the problem. If there are 30,000 ventilators up and running then you need an additional 45,000 ICU qualified nurses and an additional 22,500 Respiratory Therapy Technicians. (I am assuming one ICU nurse can handle two patients per shift. There are three eight hour shifts per day. I am assuming that one Respiratory Therapy Tech can handle 8 ventilators per shift and there are three eight hour shifts per day). Along with the ventilators and the nurses and the respiratory techs you will also need oxygen, vacuum... GP https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3828124/posts#comment Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:41:16 GMT