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donkeypoofed

(2,187 posts) Mon Mar 30, 2020, 01:08 PM Mar 2020

CPAP machines adapted for use in Covid19? [View all]

I recently heard that a company in EU has been adapting their CPAP's as ventilators - has anybody else here heard anything? I have a CPAP and it would be nice to know if it can be used for this.

Isn't this an intriguing idea?!

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CPAP machines adapted for use in Covid19? [View all] donkeypoofed Mar 2020 OP

May not be able to be jerry rigged at home RhodeIslandOne Mar 2020 #1

They can spread Covid-19 Cattledog Mar 2020 #2

It seems they're discussing a stock unaltered machine. Throck Mar 2020 #4

Off the shelf CPAP, APAP, BiPAP machine support oxygen. BrightKnight Mar 2020 #9

I saw this on BBC Bev54 Mar 2020 #3

We have 3D printers. Throck Mar 2020 #5

F1 Racing Team partners with University College London to modify CPAP for C-19 Appaloosa2285 Mar 2020 #6

If anybody can come up with something it could be these geniuses. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #11

there are youtube vids describing this... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #7

I read the OP and all the replies before I realized the word wasn't cRap.. :-) LAS14 Mar 2020 #8

How about nebulizers, can they be retrofitted? TheBlackAdder Mar 2020 #10

When my husband was hospitalized in mid-March he took his C Pap. broiles Mar 2020 #12

The U. of Rhode Isand is converting CPAP and BiPAP machines into ventilators Totally Tunsie Apr 2020 #13