$125 Open Source Ventilator-ish Device - NEVER to be used in preference to proper a medical device or in delaying professional medical care

In the event that COVID-19 hospitalizations exhaust the availability of FDA approved ventilators. This project attempts to convert a low-cost CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) blower into a rudimentary ventilator-ish device that could help with breathing during an acute respiratory distress.

A number of medical pulmonologists have commented on the video as well as the Github project and it is advised to read those before ever attempting something like this.

Watch the video at Low-Cost Open Source Ventilator-ish Device and the Github project is at https://github.com/jcl5m1/ventilator/wiki/Notes-from-chatting-with-a-pulmonologist

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