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<v 0>But we need the ventilators and massive need for ventilators greatest critical</v>

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need or ventilators.

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<v 1>COVID night. Teen pandemic has put ventilators across the U S in short supply.</v>

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Here's why they're so important. And why not having enough could endanger lives.

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Ventilators are machines that bring oxygen into the lungs.

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They are used on people who have difficulty breathing or can no longer breathe

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on their own. They're often used for short periods of time, like during surgery,

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when a patient is under general anesthesia or while getting treatment for login

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peppermint. In some cases, individuals use ventilators for long periods of time.

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And even for life,

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those who are completely dependent on ventilators could die within minutes of

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being taken off of them.

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Ventilators blow air into the body's airways so that the air can make its way to

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the lungs.

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One end of the tube is inserted into the windpipe and the other end is attached

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to the ventilator to get the tube into the windpipe.

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Doctors will perform an intubation.

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Ventilators are needed for the most severe of COVID 19 cases.

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Going into the pandemic.

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The U S had about 160,000 ventilators with an additional

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16,600 in the national stockpile.

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The CDC estimates that 2.4 to 21 million will require hospitalization due

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to COVID 19.

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And the number of patients needing ventilators could range between 1.4 and 31

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patients per ventilator. Some patients will require ventilators for a few days,

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others for several weeks,

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creating an even tougher supply demand dilemma companies across the country are

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stepping in to fill the void and supply.

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And president Trump invoked wartime powers to increase the supply of

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ventilators.

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Some hospitals had even begun using one ventilator for two COVID-19 patients,

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but even with more ventilators,

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the country also faces a shortage of respiratory therapists.

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The train staff who operates the ventilators to build the gap.

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Some respiratory therapists are volunteering to relocate to hotspots and states

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have been recruiting, retired, respiratory therapists and student trainees.