Will a Ventilator Keep You Alive?
Covid-19Common questionHow Do Ventilators Help in the Treatment of Covid-19? Ventilators, Also Known as Life-Support Machines, Won’t Cure an Illness, but They...
Common question
How do ventilators help in the treatment of COVID-19?
Ventilators, also known as life-support machines, won’t cure an illness, but they can keep patients alive while they fight an infection or their body heals from an injury.
Why might you be placed on a ventilator to treat COVID-19?
When your lungs inhale and exhale air normally, they take in oxygen your cells need to survive and expel carbon dioxide. COVID-19 can inflame your airways and essentially drown your lungs in fluids.
A ventilator mechanically helps pump oxygen into your body.
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