I was president of the IET for 2016-17, and have been asked by government to gather practical and innovative ideas from our Engineering communities. So, please enter any ideas you might have in this thread that might help address and mitigate the Covid-19 crisis. Ideas might include digital tracking / monitoring through therapy equipment and beyond. Even ideas outside your usual expertise domain will be welcome. Now’s the time for Engineering to show we can change the world!
Can a patient be intubated early on, before they need to be placed on a ventilator? i.e. with the patient breathing manually through the tube, not using a ventilator.
It seems the tubes have expanding cuffs, which would act as a seal to block the upper respiratory virus from reaching the lower respiratory system. (I'm assuming that would work, to keep the virus in the upper respiratory system only)
Can a patient be intubated early on, before they need to be placed on a ventilator? i.e. with the patient breathing manually through the tube, not using a ventilator.
It seems the tubes have expanding cuffs, which would act as a seal to block the upper respiratory virus from reaching the lower respiratory system. (I'm assuming that would work, to keep the virus in the upper respiratory system only)
