Study: Ventilator exchanges could save lives during pandemic
A study published yesterday in Health Affairs proposes the federal government organize a national effort to exchange mechanical ventilators between states to take advantage of differences in demand, which the author estimates could save 7,070 to 28,197 lives based on a federal forecasting model and estimates of ventilator availability.
AHA last month joined with a group of U.S. hospitals and health systems and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to launch an online inventory of ventilators and associated supplies, called the Dynamic Ventilator Reserve, to aid in distributing available ventilators to critical areas in the fight against COVID-19.
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