New York will allow two patients to share a single ventilator

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday referred to the method as"splitting" and said it involves adding a second set of tubes to a ventilator. "It's not ideal," Cuomo said,"but we believe it's workable."The governor has repeatedly said the state needs at least 30,000 ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, but it has only a fraction of that.

The governor previewed the"experimental" splitting strategy on Tuesday, saying,"We have no alternative." Read MoreHe explained Thursday that the demand for ventilators is so high, in part, because some Covid-19 patients need them for an extended period of time. Patients in other situations are typically on ventilators for three to four days, Cuomo said, while Covid-19 patients are on them anywhere from 11 to 21 days.

🚨Sharing mechanical ventilators should NOT be attempted because it cannot be done safely with current equipment. 🚨Attempting to ventilate multiple patients with COVID19 could lead to poor outcomes and high mortality rates for all patients cohorted.

Is that SAFE?

In kashmir, four persons can share a single ventilator.

Good luck with that!

If this was possible! What the heck?!?

That is great! HURRAY New York.

Hmm. The Medtronic CEO said that in most cases this wasn't possible.

ingenuity, that's how we get through things like this. works so much better than throwing blame around.

Should have focused on health care a long time ago instead of funding wars !!

I feel for the respiratory therapists who are going to have to titrate the pressures needed to work on two patients at the same time on one machine. You don't just plug someone in and hope you don't blow their lungs out- pressures are very individualized, and can change daily.

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