Risky hack could double access to ventilators

Re:Risky hack could double access to ventilators by mlyle on Friday March 20, 2020 @01:49AM (#22635293)

It's not exactly "different sized people mess it up". It's not just different lung capacities, but different lung compliance-- which also changes over the course of disease.

Most simple pressure regulators will not fare well in the environment, either, because of the bidirectional flow, etc.

The "Y" hack definitely has use, but finding matches and keeping patients matched definitely means we will only be able to use it sparingly.

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Re:Risky hack could double access to ventilators by fifteenforty on Friday March 20, 2020 @04:23AM (#22635960)

The flow direction issue is partly addressed by the unidirectional valves in many ventilators/anaesthesia machines. The bigger issue is staffing expertise, I fear.

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Re:Risky hack could double access to ventilators by cwingrav on Friday March 20, 2020 @06:04AM (#22636369)

True. Unfortunately, there may be a wide amount of practical experience shortly.

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