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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In a world where oxygen for mild pneumonia doesn’t prevent progression to ARDS, then home oxygen improves quality of life for mild cases but doesn’t take pressure off the medical system or prevent many deaths.
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this makes sense - I'm not sure how we would test - hospitals seem to keep giving oxygen while patients are hospitalized until shortly before discharge, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's working.
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agreed it seems unclear - thing worth noting is that timeline doesn't apply to all patients, just the ones who get intubated. If they're right re timeline, then you could have a faster rotation by giving people o2 to start, and w/o further decay sending them home next day.
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Are you sure that’s not being done by default? It’s common sense triage.
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