During the pandemic, ventilators have been considered a vital medical tool to treat critically-ill COVID-19 patients.
But more and more evidence is suggesting that those who go on a ventilator — don’t end up surviving. NPR Science Desk correspondent Jon Hamilton tells us about how these machines work, and how, for patients who do survive, recovery can be a long road.
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This episode was produced by Brit Hanson, edited by Viet Le, and fact-checked by Emily Vaughn.
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