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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:"Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic" with Dr. Robert D. Truog, Mildred Z. Solomon, and Dr. David S. Jones
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SUMMARY:"Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic" with Dr. Robert D. Truog, Mildred Z. Solomon, and Dr. David S. Jones
DESCRIPTION:<p>The current and future uncertainty about whether hospitals have enough ventilators for everyone who&nbsp;needs one is prompting a broader discussion about how hospitals allocate critical medical technology&nbsp;and resources.</p><p>This panel discussion will explore the nuanced and complicated set of decisions around ventilator&nbsp;allocation that hospitals and caregivers may face, touching on lessons we can learn from other past&nbsp;situations where it has been necessary to ration other life-saving treatments, such as dialysis&nbsp;machines in the 1960s and the ongoing rationing of transplantable organs.</p><p>Dr. Truog, Dr. Solomon, and Dr. Jones will describe how hospitals create guidelines about rationing&nbsp;ventilators and whether things like patients'&nbsp;predicted likelihood of survival, other serious medical&nbsp;conditions, age, and being a healthcare worker should factor into these protocols.</p><p><a href="https://prod-vpl.drupalsites.harvard.edu/file_url/719">Download Event Poster</a></p>
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