In critical cases, COVID-19 attacks the lungs and restricts breathing to the point where a patient needs a ventilator to stay alive. However, in Canada, as in most other countries, there is a ...

A ventilator helps patients who cannot properly breathe on their own by pumping air into their lungs through a tube that has been surgically inserted into their windpipes. Because COVID-19, the ...

A ventilator is displayed during a news conference on March 24, 2020 at the New York City Emergency Management Warehouse. (Mark Lennihan/Associated Press) ...