COVID-19 Lessons Learned: Response to the Anticipated Ventilator Shortage

Novel design of inspiratory flow generation and gas mixing for critical care ventilators suitable for rapid production and mass casualty incidents

“…CoroVent was distributed to Czech hospitals. The development of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed that the number of skilled caregivers and intensive care unit spaces rather than available ventilators posed the patient care limitation in many countries 21 . However, ventilator CoroVent was used for ventilation of COVID-19 patients in several exceptional cases in the event of ventilator shortage in the Czech Repubic.…”

Invasive Devices: Its Effects on Occurrence of Complications and Mortality Rate among Intensive Care Patients

“…Patients in the intensive care units, increasingly receive invasive medical devices, which are associated with increased risk for health careassociated infections (HAIS). These infections prolong ICU and hospital stays, raise mortality risk, cause adverse effects, increase antibiotic consumption and inflate the costs of care (Blot et al, 2022& Branson & Rodriquez., 2023. It has been found that approximately (6328) patients admitted annually to intensive care units at assiut university hospitals, that highest of these patients have HAIs.…”

High potential of technology to face new respiratory viruses: mechanical ventilation devices for effective healthcare to next pandemic emergencies

“…One of the treatments in the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic is the application, to patients with respiratory disorders, of mechanical ventilator that is based on an internal compressor and mixer to moderate and control the gas mixture delivered to ill patients. Nevertheless, a major problem was the shortage of these breathing machines [ [15] , [16] , [17] ]. Jones [ 18 ] argues that in India only 50% of intensive care units has a mechanical ventilator.…”

“…This technological approach reduces many physical components present in traditional ventilators, shortens the time from storage to clinical deployment, improves reliability in terms of life-saving ventilatory support, satisfying emergency guidelines of the U.S. FDA. Planners and policymakers also realized that during COVID-19 pandemic crisis, the technical personnel to operate mechanical ventilation was another elements of shortage [ 15 ]. Jimenez-Maturano and Licona [ 26 ] maintain that the demand increase for the production of ventilation machines can create risks concerning the correct equipment's operation and effective safety to care for COVID-19 patients.…”