With a surge of coronavirus patients expected to hit Indiana hospitals this month and into mid-May, the equipment required to treat patients is more important than ever. One of the main pieces of ...

Patients with COVID-19 may develop respiratory illness, distress, and insufficiency and may require respiratory devices including ventilators, anesthesia gas masks, and other devices to support their ...

The coronavirus is straining the global health care system, with one piece of lifesaving medical equipment in particularly scarce supply: mechanical ventilators. A ventilator helps patients who cannot ...

On March 25, 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced additional efforts to address the critical shortage of face masks, filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) and ventilators in ...

The rapid spread of coronavirus has sent states scrambling to buy ventilators to prepare for a coming apex of cases. But ventilators do not operate on their own. And while the ventilator shortage ...

ADELPHI, Md. -- As the world confronts the shortage of essential medical equipment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the internet buzzes with efforts to build makeshift ventilators, some based on the ...

Three main methods of noninvasive support are used in the acute care setting: a high flow of gas delivered through a large-bore nonocclusive nasal cannula (i.e., high-flow nasal cannula), continuous ...