When and If They Deny Me a Ventilator
[caveat, this needs FDA approval and, I am not a doctor] Using typical aquarium air hoses, I'd use some to connect a mask to an aquarium air pump**. I'd attach some sort of manually-adjusted valve to it to adjust the pressure to my comfort level, and...let'r rip. Most CPAPs need to allow for exhalation and without some sort of pressure release, it won't work and may even kill you. The safety measure taken by home CPAP machines is to have an unobstructed orifice somewhere on the mask to release excess pressure. With this safety feature set to the right size opening, you can use any air compressor but smaller would be better as these are less noisy and easier to keep within manageable pressures. Before attaching the air line to the face mask, I'd run the air through a HEPA filter and clean water--to filter and humidify. This setup is very close to what a CPAP machine is. Later, I'd try to find out how the BIPAP* works and try to "maker" my ch...