Hacking Ventilators in a Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to test and occasionally overwhelm health care institutions. Many practitioners may face the ethically challenging scenario of having to ration ventilators while triaging patients in “crisis care.” Ventilator shortages have led to innovative ventilator design “hacks.” Are these improvised ventilators ethical? The post Hacking Ventilators in a Pandemic appeared first on The Hastings Center.
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