Converting Bi-Level Positive Airway Pressure Machines into Ventilators for Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease-2019 Patients: Emergency Use Protocol

Authors

  • Hugh A. Cassiere Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY, USA
  • Stanley John Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies, Hempstead, NY, USA
  • Todd Goldstein 3D Design and Innovation, Northwell Health, NY, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17140/RPAOJ-5-128

Abstract

During March 2020 New York State was facing a shortage of tens of thousands of ventilators. City and state officials were rapidly trying to source more of the machines, which were required in the sickest patients who were critically-ill with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19).

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2021-11-03

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Hugh A. Cassiere, Stanley John, & Todd Goldstein. (2021). Converting Bi-Level Positive Airway Pressure Machines into Ventilators for Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease-2019 Patients: Emergency Use Protocol. Research and Practice in Anesthesiology, 5(1), 5–7. https://doi.org/10.17140/RPAOJ-5-128

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2021): Volume 5 Issue 1 2021

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