You may have a tracheostomy placed if you’ve been using a ventilator for an extended period. You may also have a tracheostomy to help support ventilator therapy. Share on Pinterest PongMoji/Getty ...

A hot topic in the firehouse is roof ventilation. Although often overlooked, the position of "roof firefighter" plays an important role in the outcome of the fire and serves as both the eyes and ears ...

COVID-19 is stretching health care resources in many different ways, but there’s a key piece of equipment getting a lot of attention: ventilators. So, what is a ventilator, and why does it matter?

Everyone who 'needs' a ventilator will not get one. When there are two patients and one ventilator, the one with the greatest survival chance should get the ventilator first. Dr. John La Puma and 16 ...

This week, NVIDIA Chief Scientist Bill Dally released an open-source design for a low-cost, easy-to-assemble ventilator that he believes could be used to treat patients with COVID-19. Dally developed ...

Doctors and nurses on the front line of the fight against COVID-19 know how critical ventilators are. This past Sunday on 60 Minutes, correspondent Scott Pelley spoke with health care workers at New ...

A doctor may replace a person’s ventilator with a tracheostomy if they require ventilation for an extended time. They may also use a tracheostomy to wean a person off respiratory support. A mechanical ...