How a mechanical ventilator works | AFP

The most severely ill patients suffering from COVID-19 usually need the help of ventilators to breath. This AFP videographic explains how mechanical ventilators work - the machines used to help patients who are physically unable to breathe.
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[@zgdx8417]

really helpful😶

[@ShahHussainRN]

Thnx 👍

[@user-je7mb7wu3k]

It is better for patient doc? because my father his suffered asthma 😢.

[@batfink274]

So how does that help patients when they're having coughing fits? Also how do they eat?

[@GangsterMalayali007]

Because they are dead peoples 😢

[@batfink274]

@@ammukutty769 Not eas to eat through ones nose i wouldn't think, isn't that the air hole?

[@ammukutty769]

@@batfink274 sry in the mouth it is placed

[@respectyourbody9912]

Sweet

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