“First, we insert a tube through your mouth or nose directly into your trachea. This tube allows the machine to push air into your lungs and forces you to inhale. You can’t swallow, speak or cough.

Everyone who 'needs' a ventilator will not get one. When there are two patients and one ventilator, the one with the greatest survival chance should get the ventilator first. Dr. John La Puma and 16 ...

COVID-19 is stretching health care resources in many different ways, but there’s a key piece of equipment getting a lot of attention: ventilators. So, what is a ventilator, and why does it matter?

A ventilator is a device that supports or takes over the breathing process. People with severe COVID-19 symptoms may require a ventilator. Before COVID-19 became a pandemic, a need for ventilation was ...

This week, NVIDIA Chief Scientist Bill Dally released an open-source design for a low-cost, easy-to-assemble ventilator that he believes could be used to treat patients with COVID-19. Dally developed ...