Children who contract coronavirus may be at greater risk of suffering from severe complications or death than previously believed, a new small study reveals. Researchers found nearly three-quarters of all children hospitalized in the US struggled to breathe and almost 40 percent need to be ventilated. More than one in five experienced multi-system organ failure. … Read more
From motorsport to building life-saving equipment fast in the Ventilator Challenge: Craig Wilson, of Williams Advanced Engineering, on the Meaning Business podcast By This Is Money Published: 13:22 BST, 29 April 2020 | Updated: 13:22 BST, 29 April 2020 Meaning Business is a new podcast series, where Simon Lambert speaks to people from the world … Read more
A 13-year-old boy has been left fighting for his life with coronavirus after developing inflammatory symptoms including bloodshot eyes and rashes. Lewis Greig, from Torry, Aberdeen, has been on a ventilator at the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, after he fell ill last week with a high temperature. Mother Karen Simpson said the family had … Read more
Coronavirus patients who get put on a ventilator have just a 34% chance of survival, new study shows Data showed that 65.4 per cent died after requiring ventilation in critical care While some 34.6 per cent on the same treatment were eventually discharged The figures are based on a sample of 6,720 critically-ill coronavirus patients … Read more
NASA engineers design a mass-producible ventilator tailored to coronavirus patients in just 37 days that uses one-seventh of the parts required for a conventional ventilator Ventilator machines are currently in short supply in hospitals across the globe The ‘VITAL’ is intended to replace conventional ventilators in less severe cases On Tuesday the device passed a critical … Read more
Online training course launches to teach medics how to operate vital life saving ventilators in just 30 minutes so they can join the coronavirus frontline The tool includes a series of videos and interactive guides for using a ventilator It will allow retired doctors and nurses to regain lost skills to work with patients Doctors … Read more