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Ontario Doctor Rigs Up Solution To Double Ventilator Capacity In Rural Hospital

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 18 Mar, 2020 10:54 PM

    OTTAWA - A doctor in Ontario has improvised a way to double his small hospital's ventilator capacity in preparation for a possible COVID-19 outbreak.

     

    Anesthetist Dr. Alain Gauthier, who has a PhD in respiratory mechanics and works in Perth, west of Ottawa, spotted the idea in a YouTube video.

     

    In basic terms, the rig involves pairing patients of similar size and lung capacity, and running two hoses from one ventilator running at double power.

     

    He worries the high-risk population his hospital serves may be in greater need of ventilators than his hospital can provide.

     

    Gauthier says the idea has been studied in theory and tried once before, for people injured in a mass shooting in Las Vegas.

     

    He says his crafty work reflects similar efforts across the country as doctors try to get ready for the worst case scenario, if COVID-19 becomes widespread.

     

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