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Comment Seems like it would do more harm than good (Score 4, Informative) 107

Based on what I've read about it, this device does not permit the respiratory tech to control important variables, like tidal volume, FiO2, PEEP, etc. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which is the indication for mechanical ventilation in the majority of critical COVID cases, require ventilator settings to be very finely tuned. Just having what amounts to bellows that forces air into the lungs is not helpful. If you burst a patient's lungs, you haven't done them any favors.

I would decline to be ventilated with this device.

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