Re:The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators
by saurik on Sunday March 29, 2020 @05:01PM
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I now don't remember where I saw this, nor can I find it... but I swear I had seen something in the past week or two comparing how much retraining different medical professions needed to quickly get useful for staffing ventilator technology, and veterinarians came out on top; so like, people are (unless I dreamth this?!) looking into reusing people.
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Re:The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators
by SkyPuncher on Sunday March 29, 2020 @05:12PM
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Veterinarians make sense. The ones that do surgery already know how to run vents on animals. Humans are a form of animal, after all.
Re:The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators
by jacquesm on Sunday March 29, 2020 @05:45PM
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That's a better idea, also, veterinarians tend to be much more all-round.
Re:The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators
by thu2111 on Monday March 30, 2020 @09:54AM
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You didn't dream it, it was in Forbes.
The US did a disaster prep simulation for virulent flu, that involved a shortage of ventilator scenarios. They took people with something approximating medical backgrounds, including nurses, other kinds of docs and vetinarians, and gave them training in how to use a ventilator. After two days they were given a test and the vets had the best score.