at the end of the day it's about moving air and oxygen through a pipe at a certain volume, pressure, and timing. The very idea of having a person "periodically squeezing a rubber bag" every six seconds, 24 hours a day, is ludicrous. I have seen at least two separate demonstrations how this would be...

at the end of the day it's about moving air and oxygen through a pipe at a certain volume, pressure, and timing. Which is like saying "at the end of the day, surgery is just about sticking knives into people at a certain depth, frequency, and location." Possibly the poorest analogy I've encountered...

I can't accept the argument that CPAP/BIPAP machines cannot be used, in some cases, to ventilate patients. Haven't we all seen the doctors explaining how, in the event that a ventilator is unavailable, a person periodically squeezing a rubber bag can be a substitute for a ventilator? And I can't ac...

I can't accept the argument that CPAP/BIPAP machines cannot be used, in some cases, to ventilate patients. Haven't we all seen the doctors explaining how, in the event that a ventilator is unavailable, a person periodically squeezing a rubber bag can be a substitute for a ventilator? Invasive ventil...