You may go from a ventilator to a ventilator with a tracheostomy if you’ve been using a ventilator for a while or your doctor wants to wean you off it.

A ventilator is a device that supports or takes over the breathing process. People with severe COVID-19 symptoms may require a ventilator.

Learn about what going from a ventilator to a tracheostomy involves, how long it takes, and the associated risks.

Health care providers are concerned that anxious Americans don't understand what it means to go on and then come off a mechanical ventilator, how the machines are being deployed in U.S. hospitals ...

It's estimated that almost 1 million COVID-19 patients in the country will require a ventilator.

There is a difference between a ventilator and a respirator. Even people who should know the difference are using the terms incorrectly and interchangeably.

In a coronavirus crisis, who deserves a ventilator? Everyone who 'needs' a ventilator will not get one. When there are two patients and one ventilator, the one with the greatest survival chance ...

King says, while a ventilator might save your life, it is certainly not a pleasant experience. And while a young and healthy person with COVID-19 might not need a ventilator, there are others who will ...

For many patients with COVID-19, a ventilator can be the difference between life and death. In 2007, Morley Safer interviewed the man who invented it—Forrest Bird.