Preparing for surges of Covid-19 patients, health care workers are turning to retrofitted versions of devices that are plentiful and approved for use. wired.trib.al/etwpluH

In Rhode Island, a project to collect #CPAP and BiPAP machines to serve as supplementary equipment for hospitals treating #COVID19 patients launched today. Rhode Islanders can donate new or used #sleepapnea units by following the steps outlined here: bit.ly/2K7t32i

Tao Wei: “The whole University is just beautifully united. It’s important that we stand up together. I am proud of our engineering program and how we have taken responsibility to help out in this crisis.” Read more about the Ventilator Project uri.edu/features/venti…

URI researchers, designers, doctors, and technologists collect and refurbish sleep apnea machines for use in hospitals. You can help by bringing an old or unused sleep apnea machine to one of a number of designated donation centers around the state: uri.edu/features/venti…

If you or someone you know has an extra new/used CPAP or BiPAP machine, please donate it! You can drop off donations at select Fire Stations in Rhode Island. Learn how to safely prepare your machine for donation: ventilatorproject.org/donate-now Let's help our community breathe.

.URI has taken on the vital role of safely receiving, processing, and distributing these machines to hospitals as supplemental equipment. We are grateful for their leadership and we're honored to be part of this multidisciplinary local response to COVID-19.

ventilatorproject.org/donate-now

To response to the #ventilator shortage around the country, several groups are collecting and modifying PAP machines to be used as ventilators, including VentilatorSOS.com and VentilatorProject.org (VentilatorProject.Org). Get more info: bit.ly/2z267iq

.@BrownChamplin a few that we've been referencing: UK protocol: gov.uk/government/pub… Syneos Health white paper: syneoshealth.com/insights-hub/i… Mt. Sinai protocol: health.mountsinai.org/wp-content/upl…

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Doctors facing a shortage of ventilators have turned to "battlefield interventions" to treat coronavirus patients. One of them involves hooded hair salon dryers. nyti.ms/2VFdML9

VentilatorProject.Org Done, along with a link to donate: libguides.brown.edu/coronavirus/st…

Great The Boston Globe Edward Fitzpatrick article about VentilatorProject.Org, which is collecting and refurbishing sleep apnea machines to serve as supplementary equipment to hospitals treating patients affected by #COVID19. Our own Warwick Fire Dept is a drop-off site. bostonglobe.com/2020/04/20/met…

Today we received a 150 donations from 23 host fire stations, making a total of 365 machines in less than a week! Thank you RI! It feels like yesterday when we first ran the test donation drive with a handful of… instagram.com/p/B_Q9ZZTHy59/…

Today we received 150 donations from 23 host fire stations, making a total of 365 machines in less than a week! Thank you RI! It feels like yesterday when we first ran the test donation drive with a handful of… instagram.com/p/B_Q9ZZTHy59/…

Doctor Kathi A. Wilson, DDS, a diplomate of American Board of Sleep Apnea Medicine hosted a CPAP/ BiPAP donation drive in her home state of Michigan this weekend and received 397 donations! She’s sending 210 CPAPs to… instagram.com/p/B_kzJk3HXpr/…

Meanwhile in URI, we continue to receive and process the donations we’ve collected all over Rhode Island. This week is the last leg of the donation drive and we encourage everyone to share the word. thanks again… instagram.com/p/B_k7LNLHmot/…

Through VentilatorProject.Org three RISD Alumni Association are working to get much-needed equipment to hospitalized COVID patients. Unused CPAP/BiPAP units are being accepted through April 30. Learn more: risd.cc/2Sjw2ZE

Ventilator Project is raising money to donate over 400 COVID ventilators to doctors in Nigeria, Haiti, Indonesia and Nicaragua. Help support our efforts by donating and sharing. ventilatorproject.org