Ventilators, often referred to as life support machines, are used in intensive care units for patients who cannot breathe on their own. Many of the sickest patients with COVID-19 need the assistance of a ventilator to survive. Throughout the course of the pandemic, about half of the patients in UAB’s COVID-19 ICU have been on a ventilator.

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