One ventilator, two patients: New York hospitals shift to crisis mode

FILE PHOTO: A ventilator is seen at the New York City Emergency Management Warehouse, where 400 ventilators arrived and before being shipped out for distribution, due to concerns over the rapid spread of coronavirus disease in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo

Dr. Craig Smith, surgeon-in-chief at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center in Manhattan, wrote in a newsletter to staff that anesthesiology and intensive care teams had worked “day and night” to get the split-ventilation experiment going.New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who says his staff is struggling to find enough machines on the market, has touted the adaptation as a potential life-saver. “It’s not ideal,” he told reporters, “but we believe it’s workable.

At Columbia, Smith noted that they could not split a ventilator across just any two COVID-19 patients, but were only pairing patients with sufficiently similar respiratory needs.

Lie lie lie...hey it aint werkn, TRUMP is a great leader...keepa yappin

Hey, I want to know ; what happens to the old equipment from the hospitals and the militaries ? Do they end up in a surplus store and warehouse, right ! Or, am I just losing my mind ! They are oldie but goodies right

Likely FakeNews

A humble suggestion , make more hospitals n medical instruments and make less ammunations,

What are they doing with the ventilators in storage....hmmm. SMELLS

Where are all the medical supplies that potus and Dr Birx have insisted had been shipped to New York? today’s presser I don’t think Gov Cuomo would lie about not getting suppliesdo you tiny potus

MSM = fear and panic

That's why it is crisis and can only be dealt with slowing the spread rate.

It's been like this for days now... At least I'm some parts of NY/NJ.

If your country doesn't go all out, it will soon become one for 10 people. This is what's going on in Italy

This is nonsense.CoronaHoax

Fake news. The Liberal media is atrocious and sickening.

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