Italian hospital saves Covid-19 patients by 3D printing valves

Re:Italian hospital saves Covid-19 patients by 3D printing v... by sb8244 on Monday March 16, 2020 @01:24AM (#22590256)

Would there be risk of contamination from other diseases that patients may have? I agree with your general expectation that risky reuse over high-probability death seems strongly preferable. One tricky moral dilemma is what to do if you have 1 clean valve, 1 dirty valve, and 2 patients.

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Re:Italian hospital saves Covid-19 patients by 3D printing v... by thaumasiotes on Monday March 16, 2020 @05:22AM (#22591202)

> One tricky moral dilemma is what to do if you have 1 clean valve, 1 dirty valve, and 2 patients.

Why would this be trickier than having 1 clean valve, 0 dirty valves, and 2 patients?

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Re:Italian hospital saves Covid-19 patients by 3D printing v... by OJFord on Monday March 16, 2020 @06:12AM (#22591394)

Well it's exactly the same after you make the choice/use the first valve.

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Re:Italian hospital saves Covid-19 patients by 3D printing v... by pauljurczak on Thursday March 19, 2020 @04:42PM (#22631508)

> what to do if you have 1 clean valve, 1 dirty valve, and 2 patients

"Just received word from an ICU doctor at a small NY hospital: They are officially out of ventilators and are now double venting patients with COVID (using the same ventilator for 2 infected patients)."

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Re:Italian hospital saves Covid-19 patients by 3D printing v... by sb8244 on Thursday March 19, 2020 @05:45PM (#22632096)

Absolutely insane. It's barely started.

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Re:Italian hospital saves Covid-19 patients by 3D printing v... by endtime on Monday March 16, 2020 @01:40AM (#22590318)

Triage as you would anyway (same prioritization), or flip a coin.

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