Scuba tanks as a compressed air source in positive-pressure ventilation
Stewart, T.
Papua and new Guinea Medical Journal 35(2): 124-127
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-1480 PMID: 1509811 Document Number: 4575
Throughout the developing world there is a general problem of ensuring regular deliveries of medical supplies to hospitals. This includes the supply of compressed gases. At one regional hospital in Vanuatu, we were faced with the problem of how to provide economically a source of compressed gas at regulated pressure to drive an anaesthetic ventilator. We eventually adapted the output from a Scuba cylinder for this purpose. This paper describes the simple modifications necessary and suggests other uses for this source of compressed air that could be implemented in hospitals with small to medium case loads and access to a diving compressor.
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