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Article: Missouri Firm's New Ventilator Design Addresses Serious Homeland Security Issue.
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- October 8, 2008
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ST. LOUIS, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mass casualty incidents -- such as terrorist attacks, pandemic flu outbreaks or natural calamities like earthquakes or hurricanes -- raise the life-and-death reality that existing medical equipment is not adequate to provide treatment for all who need it. One of the most critical gaps is the lack of ventilators for people requiring respiratory support.
Disaster specialists and health care professionals know that mass casualty events could mean that:
-- skilled hospital personnel would be overwhelmed by the number of patients requiring mechanical ventilation;
-- mechanical ventilation for people with ...