Anyone in such a role where they will be fitting ventilators to people (i.e., highly educated, experienced and employed in a critical care role) will understand that this is outside of standard practice and that extra caution will need to be taken and considerations made for the different functionality and behaviour of the machine.
Can't we just appreciate the spirit of inventiveness in a crisis, without having to spoil it by fretting about issues that any grown adult working with this stuff will be fully capable of considering?
>Can't we just appreciate the spirit of inventiveness in a crisis, without having to spoil it by fretting about issues that any grown adult working with this stuff will be fully capable of considering?
Can't we just appreciate the inventiveness of using radium to light up watch dials? Or the inventiveness of the first friction matches?
Someone who is educated or trained doesn't necessarily make a dangerous invention a net-positive.
The examples you cite are not at all apt comparisons, as the risks and mitigation techniques are well known to the highly experienced adults using the equipment, as has been reported elsewhere.
This is a crisis like no other and it is bringing out incredible inventiveness and creativity in the determination to save lives.
That's what should be celebrated.
Nobody is saying due caution should be disregarded.
You're pushing the comment you're responding to over to a binary point of view. I don't believe in good faith that shijie meant "all of the time" when they said "I like to think people can make reasonable decisions with information they are provided". To push their statement to "all of the time" while bringing the ethics of law into this conversation seems disingenuous to the safety/disclaimer concerns you originally called into question.
Personally, I found the disclaimer on the airbreak.dev site to be very clear and appreciated it was on the front-page directly following the product summary. It is clear to me that this is an "in-development" project that is not ready for real-world deployment yet - they're being quite clear/transparent with these facts.
In a hospital setting (aka an emergency), it's less of an issue. The situation that would warrant this would likely also warrant full PPE just to enter a unit or building.
Isn't it still important not to spray covid everywhere?
See for example this post: https://emcrit.org/emcrit/covid-airway-management/
> Critical Note: If you use the vent for preox, you MUST disconnect the vent circuit proximal to the viral filter before removing the mask. Otherwise, COVID will be sprayed all around the room!!!!! See Triple C below.
{EDIT: genuinely don't know why this got downvotes.}
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338532/
I'm not sure I get your point. Did you have one?
Edit: I was wrong, see below
When I'm using my CPAP, my mouth is closed and I'm asleep. I'm breathing through my nose, which has hairy filters in it, plus a mask that has a filter on its exhaust, plus the machine has a filter on its inlet.
Please stop the knee-jerk reactions. CPAP devices and aerosolized droplets are a problem if you know the patient is infected and you are up close to them putting the masks on.
There's a special, enhanced, risk with CPAP that authoritative medical sources warn about.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338532/
Let's be civil here and assume good faith.