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james_s:

--- Quote from: 2N3055 on April 07, 2020, 12:28:09 pm ---And then, probably, you will understand why a real MD will not connect anybody to such contraption.... It is not a real ventilator, it's a Rube Goldberg contraption made by people who don't understand real problem and is equivalent to elementary school science project.

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I've got some news for you. Real MDs are already doing crazy unapproved hacks like connecting multiple patients up to a single ventilator designed for one person. People with your attitude are going to result in potentially many additional deaths. "We can't do this right so we'll just do nothing" and when we run out of ventilators people die.
james_s:

--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on April 07, 2020, 02:21:29 pm ---As I often say, just ask yourself if you'd be OK with some close relative being treated with this.

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Yes! Absolutely! I would personally connect my own mother to a device some kid built in his bedroom if it looked like it might actually work and she was almost certain to die without it. I cannot comprehend why anyone would even question this? It boggles my mind how regulations and rules would even be discussed in such a situation.
bd139:
I think that’s up to the patient isn’t it? You’re potentially asking for someone to suffer for your emotional attachment. I still remember the look in my grandmothers eyes when they brought her back the second time from cardiac arrest while she was dying from cancer. It was a cross between sheer terror and annoyance that she had to suffer longer. Fortunately the third time didn’t work the day after and she passed away without hours of intense suffering.


--- Quote from: james_s on April 07, 2020, 04:55:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: 2N3055 on April 07, 2020, 12:28:09 pm ---And then, probably, you will understand why a real MD will not connect anybody to such contraption.... It is not a real ventilator, it's a Rube Goldberg contraption made by people who don't understand real problem and is equivalent to elementary school science project.

--- End quote ---

I've got some news for you. Real MDs are already doing crazy unapproved hacks like connecting multiple patients up to a single ventilator designed for one person. People with your attitude are going to result in potentially many additional deaths. "We can't do this right so we'll just do nothing" and when we run out of ventilators people die.

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Real MDs would know the contamination risk between patients. Perhaps you don’t have any real MD’s there. Based on my relatively simple knowledge of ventilation that wouldn’t work or even make sense for invasive ventilation anyway so I call bull shit.

People are shallow and hold on to every little grasp of life without thought for the patient and their wishes. That’s universal.
noname4me:
The humidifier part can actually be bolted on using a separate humidifier.  This is not mandatory for short term use anyway.

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Humidifier-for-baby-ventilator-CPAP_60818792542.html

is an example of what I mean...

What Tesla have designed is viable as a ventilator - albeit without many of the other features normally available on standard ventilators.

He has pressure sensing incorporated on the ventilator...

In terms of getting through an acute shortage of ventilators it's a good solution.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8136299/Doctors-turns-one-ventilator-nine-genius-DIY-mechanics.html

Qualified MD ventilating 9 patients using a single ventilator.

bd139:
He’s also running it way out of spec. He’s a quack and will probably end up with 9 dead patients. Also the source is risky even to use as toilet paper.
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