Researchers develop low-cost medical ventilators for global disasters
Monday, February 14, 2011 - 10:00
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Matthew Callaghan, MD, had an epiphany about medical device design during a pandemic planning meeting, when his hospital was drafting a worst-case scenario protocol to decide which types of patients would receive life support from the hospitals limited number of breathing ventilators.