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 ...

Opinion I spent six days on a ventilator with covid-19. It saved me, but my life is not the same. April 9, 2020 More than 5 years ago ...

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

Many inventors are creating ventilator alternatives to prevent a shortage caused by COVID-19. Some doctors don't think that's a good idea.

A ventilator can save people's lives when they can't breathe on their own. Surviving the experience can affect the mind more than the body.

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.