If you need a ventilator for COVID-19, odds are 50-50 you'll survive

Mike DeWan, 43, of Worcester; Jim Cracas, 51, of Chester Springs; and Raveena Brown, 62, of Bear, Del., each had the bad luck to get a horrible case of the coronavirus, so bad that they needed to spend days—in DeWan
Mike DeWan, 43, of Worcester; Jim Cracas, 51, of Chester Springs; and Raveena Brown, 62, of Bear, Del., each had the bad luck to get a horrible case of the coronavirus, so bad that they needed to spend days—in DeWan's case, weeks—on a ventilator, a machine that forced oxygen-rich air into their fluid-filled lungs.

What is a ventilator and who gets one if COVID-19 turns catastrophic in Canada?

Hyperglycemia in Acute Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

Fears of Ventilator Shortage During Coronavirus Pandemic Unleash a Wave of Innovations - The New York Times

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Proceedings of Reanimation 2021, the French Intensive Care Society International Congress, Annals of Intensive Care

Survival rates improve for covid-19 patients on ventilators - The Washington Post

New Hanover hospital team saved college student's life. Now she wants to join them., Novant Health

The role of ventilatory support for long‐term outcomes after critical infection with COVID‐19: A prospective cohort study - Hanna - 2022 - The Clinical Respiratory Journal - Wiley Online Library

Inside the Battleground: The frontline of the coronavirus pandemic in the US

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A Shortfall of ECMO Treatment Cost Lives During the Delta Surge - KFF Health News

Baby born at 25 weeks goes home after 460 days in NICU - ABC News

80% NYC COVID-19 Ventilator Patients Die, Doctors Want to Stop Using