Open AccessBenefits of wireless technology in mechanically-ventilation to navigate through the COVID- 19 crisis
Author(s) -
Robert Cabbat,
Helen Chen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of mechanical ventilation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2694-0450
DOI - 10.53097/jmv.10012
Subject(s) - covid-19 , mechanical ventilation , isolation (microbiology) , laptop , personal protective equipment , obstacle , critically ill , wireless , medical emergency , pandemic , ventilation (architecture) , intensive care medicine , medicine , computer science , telecommunications , engineering , mechanical engineering , political science , pathology , operating system , disease , psychiatry , law , infectious disease (medical specialty) , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
With COVID-19 cases rising quickly at alarming rates across the U.S. and globally, the pandemic crisis has exposed the importance and accelerated the need for wireless telecommunication technology in the intensive care unit. Many of these critically ill COVID-19 patients in the ICU require mechanical ventilation. Moreover, due to their underlying diagnosis, these patients are required to be in isolated rooms and under contact precautions. Often times, immediate and emergency access to the mechanical ventilator are delayed or stalled by the hurdle to properly gown up with personal protective equipment before entering the room. Wireless telecommunication to access and control ventilator settings promptly from outside the isolation room, for example from a laptop computer, would overcome this barrier and time obstacle. Additionally, will save the already limited equipment and save money. Thus, the development of such technology is quite urgent as more and more critically ill COVID-19 patients are ending up on mechanical ventilation. Keywords: Remote control, Wireless, COVID-19