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by mike_d 2307 days ago
> a hospital-grade ventilator that fell off the back of a truck and managed to properly use it

Step 1 is inserting an ET tube in the patients mouth and down past the vocal cords without killing them in the process. So hope your truck also drops a laryngoscope.

Step 2 is picking the 6-7 parameters on the vent so you don't burst the lungs like an overfilled balloon or suffocate the patient because their throat is now sealed and you aren't providing enough O2. So steal a doctor from the truck too.