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Maybe this can help?

https://edmontonjournal.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/ont...

I have no experience/education with regards to this but I was just linked to this article from another conversation.

Edit: Stay safe friend.

This solution has been going around for a while. I read a paper about it. In fact, I believe they expanded it such that one ventilator could service four patients.

The issue seems to be that normally a ventilator has sensors and modes that will track patient needs and auto-adjust accordingly. When you split it like that they have to be used in a mode where the machine operates in a fixed mode and, for lack of a better description, just shoves air into the patients without much regard for what they might be doing. The paper described this as "very uncomfortable".

Yes, better than nothing. I would hope they are already doing this in Spain.

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