VentilatorProject.Org

Working together to help our community breathe

[VentilatorProject.Org @ri_ventproject]

First day of processing at @universityofri . 60 machines were collected and delivered today! Thank you to everybody who has volunteered and donated so far. #riventilatorproject #inventilator #donateyourcpapbipap #helpourcommunitybreathe #covid19response

[VentilatorProject.Org @ri_ventproject]

Ventilator Project is raising money to donate over 400 COVID ventilators to doctors in Nigeria, Haiti, Indonesia and Nicaragua. Help support our efforts by donating and sharing. https://t.co/f1hpBQugzm

[RISD @risd]

Through @ri_ventproject three @RISDalumni are working to get much-needed equipment to hospitalized COVID patients. Unused CPAP/BiPAP units are being accepted through April 30. Learn more: https://t.co/J6xgpD63bm

[VentilatorProject.Org @ri_ventproject]

Meanwhile in URI, we continue to receive and process the donations we’ve collected all over Rhode Island. This week is the last leg of the donation drive and we encourage everyone to share the word. thanks again… https://t.co/QlkxTuoB8L

[VentilatorProject.Org @ri_ventproject]

Doctor Kathi A. Wilson, DDS, a diplomate of American Board of Sleep Apnea Medicine hosted a CPAP/ BiPAP donation drive in her home state of Michigan this weekend and received 397 donations! She’s sending 210 CPAPs to… https://t.co/mk3BwPvtrw

[VentilatorProject.Org @ri_ventproject]

Today we received 150 donations from 23 host fire stations, making a total of 365 machines in less than a week! Thank you RI! It feels like yesterday when we first ran the test donation drive with a handful of… https://t.co/IKyVhG7lkZ

[VentilatorProject.Org @ri_ventproject]

Today we received a 150 donations from 23 host fire stations, making a total of 365 machines in less than a week! Thank you RI! It feels like yesterday when we first ran the test donation drive with a handful of… https://t.co/MpqaZdGJ5B

[VentilatorProject.Org @ri_ventproject]

@nytimes links @ri_ventproject in this article : Fears of Ventilator Shortage Unleash a Wave of innovations born from this crisis https://t.co/Zmfvlp2poG

[Mayor Joseph J. Solomon @JosephJSolomon]

Great @BostonGlobe @FitzProv article about @ri_ventproject, which is collecting and refurbishing sleep apnea machines to serve as supplementary equipment to hospitals treating patients affected by #COVID19. Our own @WarwickFD is a drop-off site.
https://t.co/R10MgPwMmW

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Doctors facing a shortage of ventilators have turned to "battlefield interventions" to treat coronavirus patients. One of them involves hooded hair salon dryers. https://t.co/T19u7BtOlY

[Health & Biomedical Library Services, Brown Univ. @BrownHBLS]

@ri_ventproject Done, along with a link to donate: https://t.co/VOJfzRhOOb

[VentilatorProject.Org @ri_ventproject]

Thank you for supporting https://t.co/f1hpBQugzm

[VentilatorProject.Org @ri_ventproject]

.@BrownChamplin a few that we've been referencing:
UK protocol: https://t.co/yN6NhVybvO
Syneos Health white paper: https://t.co/rrZnn7TbpH
Mt. Sinai protocol: https://t.co/55fBNoaX0N

[Health & Biomedical Library Services, Brown Univ. @BrownHBLS]

@ri_ventproject @RIEPSCoR @universityofri @CommerceRI @RIHEALTH The Northwell Health protocol for BIPAP to ventilator conversion is available at https://t.co/A8leuUr6Tn. Are there others we should include there?

[American Academy of Sleep Medicine @AASMorg]

To response to the #ventilator shortage around the country, several groups are collecting and modifying PAP machines to be used as ventilators, including https://t.co/bP40jtWcV6 and https://t.co/eSTF9hTkLi (@ri_ventproject). Get more info: https://t.co/mREf0vPkXz

[VentilatorProject.Org @ri_ventproject]

https://t.co/uZb52K49gs

[VentilatorProject.Org @ri_ventproject]

.@universityofri has taken on the vital role of safely receiving, processing, and distributing these machines to hospitals as supplemental equipment. We are grateful for their leadership and we're honored to be part of this multidisciplinary local response to COVID-19.

[URI @universityofri]

URI, @CommerceRI , @RIHEALTH, fire stations, hospitals and others join ventilatorproject .org to retrofit sleep apnea machines to serve as ventilators in fight against COVID-19. To find out how you can help by donating a machine, click here: https://t.co/BLlMK85PAj

[WIRED @WIRED]

Preparing for surges of Covid-19 patients, health care workers are turning to retrofitted versions of devices that are plentiful and approved for use. https://t.co/CjsudTMJuP

[VentilatorProject.Org @ri_ventproject]

If you or someone you know has an extra new/used CPAP or BiPAP machine, please donate it! You can drop off donations at select Fire Stations in Rhode Island. Learn how to safely prepare your machine for donation: https://t.co/ROCI28oCUT
Let's help our community breathe.

[URI @universityofri]

URI researchers, designers, doctors, and technologists collect and refurbish sleep apnea machines for use in hospitals. You can help by bringing an old or unused sleep apnea machine to one of a number of designated donation centers around the state: https://t.co/X1d2TudWLv

[URI BEC @URI_BEC]

Tao Wei: “The whole University is just beautifully united. It’s important that we stand up together. I am proud of our engineering program and how we have taken responsibility to help out in this crisis.” Read more about the Ventilator Project https://t.co/iuKU68dOMj