[gvjddbnvdrbv]

This is a real adaptation being used by real doctors in real hospitals to save real people's lives. There is a pandemic on.

[wayoutthere]

I actually have yet to hear any reports of improvised ventilators being used outside of ventilating multiple patients from a single ventilator. A big reason is that doctors and nurses simply aren't trained to use improvised devices in a way they can trust to be safe.

First, do no harm.

[gvjddbnvdrbv]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/nyregion/new-york-coronav...

The Italians are using adapted CPAP machines as well.

[shawnz]

They describe such usages in the first sentence of the article. Mt. Sinai researchers are actively working on converting BiPAP machines into ventilators.