Kyle Edwards

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Kyle Edwards
Desperate Hospitals May Put Two Patients on One Ventilator. That’s Risky.
Facing a ventilator shortage, doctors are considering using one machine for multiple patients in respiratory failure. But it’s at best a stopgap and can injure the lungs.
03.26.20 | 3:09 pm
A resident of The Villages, Fla. gets tested for the coronavirus with a nasal swab at a drive-through site that accomodates golf carts, at The Villages Polo Club, Monday, March 23, 2020. The testing site is being operated by UF Health, with University of Florida medical students performing the tests, and is limited to residents of The Villages only. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS) A resident of The Villages, Fla. gets tested for the coronavirus with a nasal swab at a drive-through site that accomodates golf carts, at The Villages Polo Club, Monday, March 23, 2020. The testing site is being operated by UF Health, with University of Florida medical students performing the tests, and is limited to residents of The Villages only. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)