Everyone talking about #makeventilators is missing the point.
Yes, we're going to run out. No, it won't be pretty. But we don't have labor capacity to care for that many more than we can ventilate.
We need O2 concentrators so that 2/3 of hospital cases can switch to home care.
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“Twelve hours later the patient needs more help with a device that pushes oxygenated air into their nose/mouth and down their airway into their lungs (NPPV, think like a CPAP machine). Twelve to 24 hours later they are intubated, on a ventilator, turned onto their bellies”
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In a scenario like this, there’s only a 12-hour window where a patient needs oxygen but doesn’t need ICU-level care. In which case, home availability of oxygen doesn’t free up that many medical resources.
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