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Central Coast construction company owner creates improved intubation shields for healthcare workers

A man from Morro Bay who owns a local construction company is using his talents to help those on the front lines during the coronavirus pandemic. Paul Choucalas created a clear vinyl box to protect ...
WUSA

This device would change the intubation process during hospital visits

WASHINGTON — Inside the “Build and Design Lab” at American University in Washington, D.C., a 3-D printer is crafting a small solution to a big problem. It’s an all-in-one, disposable, and ...
WAFF

UAH donates intubation boxes to local hospitals to protect health care workers

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Right now, one of the biggest needs in hospitals is protective equipment for health care workers. UAH professors and students are joining a growing crowd of local ...
WBUR

How Intubation Went From A Common Hospital Procedure To A Critical Function In Addressing COVID-19

In normal times, two or three patients a day would need to be intubated at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. These are not normal times. "On any given day, we would intubate approximately 10 ...
New Atlas

World's first intubation robot tested on human subjects

Pretty much any time a patient is placed under a general anesthetic, a plastic endotracheal tube is inserted down their throat, in order to keep their airway open. The procedure is known as intubation ...
Technical

Here’s how Shore Plastics spearheaded local production of doc-protecting Aerosol Boxes

Partnering with Quake Scientific, the firm moved quickly to make and ship the boxes, which can protect doctors during intubation of COVID-19 patients. Here’s a look at how they created new production ...
Business Insider

An ICU doctor explains what happens when you're put on a ventilator with the coronavirus

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Deccan Chronicle

IIT students develop intubation boxes to protect doctors treating COVID-19 patients

New Delhi: Students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) have developed low-cost intubation boxes for dealing with COVID-19 patients facing breathing issues and requiring assistance in the form ...
New Atlas

Robotic intubation device seeks out patients' airways

When a patient is placed under general anesthesia or otherwise has difficulty breathing on their own, they typically have a plastic endotracheal tube inserted into their mouth and down their trachea.
WMAZ

Atlanta students pitch in to make intubation boxes in fight against COVID-19

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Madi Anderson works at The Weber School in Sandy Springs, Georgia as a fabrication lab manager in the Daniel J. Zalik Academy. With schools closed due to Georgia's ...
Medindia

The Impacts of Nasotracheal Intubation on Postoperative Sore Throat

In this retrospective study, published in Anesthesia Progress, researchers aimed to determine the highest risk factors for postoperative sore throat in nasotracheal intubation LAWRENCE, Kan., Oct. 14, ...