What Is a Ventilator? How the Breathing Machine Can Save Lives
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Noninvasive Ventilators are not a Luxury, but a Lifeline for People Living with ALS
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Designs for life-saving breathing aid are made freely available
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ECMO: How This Respiratory Machine Can Effectively Treat COVID-19 Patients
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What is a breathing machine (mechanical ventilator) and what does it do? - Navigating the ICU - Sunnybrook Hospital
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What ventilator shortage means in US fight against the coronavirus
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Protecting lungs from ventilator-induced injury
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Breathing new life into ventilator technology
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Coronavirus ventilator: How it works, why COVID-19 patients need it
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Ventilator Shortages Possible As COVID-19 Spreads In U.S. : Shots - Health News : NPR