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Re:The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators by marnett on Sunday March 29, 2020 @10:10PM (#22724577)
> [...] would have survived under a competent practitioner.

Bringing us back to the topic of this thread, a potential lack of competent practitioners if the pandemic worsens, and what the best solution to address this would be, such as a COVID-specific ventilator training.

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Re:The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators by omar_a1 on Sunday March 29, 2020 @10:36PM (#22724714)
Because the difference between letting someone die under inappropriately-applied ventilation versus just letting someone die is the occupation of a perfectly good ventilator. One that could be used to actually save someone. If you're in the business of killing patients, a gun would be more economical than a ventilator.
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Re:The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators by mistermann on Monday March 30, 2020 @12:57AM (#22725366)
I believe there is a third possible outcome that you overlooked.
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