A single ventilator for multiple patients

I had an EE teacher who had been kicked out from his real job in hospital chief electrical engineers because he had messed up supervision and testing of installations (he was an alcoholic).

Intensive care rooms electricity delivered trough two routes. He messed up and one was not connected. When one fuse blew up at night, all ventilators went offline. All available nurses were manually ventilating two patients standing between two beds. Eventually one had to leave to get help and at least one patient died.

He was really good and humane teacher. He used his own screw-up as example of human failure without any excuses. He was still an alcoholic and seemed to be very sad.

This technique was employed during the Las Vegas massacre. https://epmonthly.com/article/not-heroes-wear-capes-one-las-...