HOW DO VENTILATORS WORK? -
ALEX GENDLER
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May 21, 2020
TED-Ed
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Take a journey into the respiratory system to see how ventilators bypass
constricted airways and help damaged lungs send oxygen to the body.
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In the 16th century, physician Andreas Vesalius described how a
suffocating animal could be kept alive by inserting a tube into its trachea and
blowing air to inflate its lungs. Today, Vesalius’s treatise is recognized as
the first description of mechanical ventilation— a crucial practice in modern
medicine. So how do our modern ventilators work? Alex Gendler explains the
life-saving technology.
Lesson by Alex Gendler, directed by Artrake Studio.
Animator's website: https://www.artrake.com
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