Comment Comment by notyourday > For most, this is a Hail Mary attempt with only 50% survival rate.Non Hail-Mary Ventilators have only a 30% survival rate at 1 year mark:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8404197Incidentally, that's exactly why medical systems to not stockpile ventilators. Under reasonable condition, the number of ventilators closely mirrors the expected number of Hail Mary procedures done at a given time and some spare units. parent notyourday 6 years ago
Non Hail-Mary Ventilators have only a 30% survival rate at 1 year mark:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8404197
Incidentally, that's exactly why medical systems to not stockpile ventilators. Under reasonable condition, the number of ventilators closely mirrors the expected number of Hail Mary procedures done at a given time and some spare units.