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• n  a device (such as a fan) that introduces fresh air or expels foul air
• n  a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure

• Hazardous incidents included the sudden switching off or restarting of machines which could mean disruption of a patient's feeding tube, ventilator, pacemaker or dialysis .
• On the second day of hospitalization, she began to suffer from hypoxic encephalopathy her brain was not receiving enough oxygen and she was put on a ventilator.
• She hooked the 37-year-old father of four onto a cardiac monitor, a mechanical ventilator and an intravenous drip.

• breathing device
• breathing apparatus
• breathing machine

News & Articles

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• Respironics California Ventilator Possesses Potentially-Fatal Software Error
  Respironics California, Inc., a medical supply company, is undergoing a Class 1 Recall for defective ventilators, the company reports. The ventilators, under the model number V60, have been experiencing onboard software issues that potentially cause the machines to shut down, presenting a serious and potentially fatal health risk; because ventilators are intended to help patients breath when ...
  June 26, 2013 - Injury Board
• Doctors believe hospitalization of child is due to tick bite
  A young boy is doing fine after a sudden illness stopped his heart and put him on a ventilator for days. What's strange about his case is his doctors believe it all started with an infection from a tick bite.
  June 25, 2013 - WSMV Nashville
• Family stuck in Naples thanks SWFL for ride home
  An Indiana family stuck in a Naples hospital for nearly a month is headed home. Maddie Strauss fell ill with pneumonia and was put on a ventilator after she had breathing problems.
  June 25, 2013 - NBC 2 Fort Myers

Quotes

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• Joe Girardi in SI.com
  His father is progressing. He's about 40 to 50 percent on the ventilator. He sat up a couple times today for like a half an hour,Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Wednesday. "Joba said he's getting a little bit antsy, so that's a good sign....
• John Ensign in San Jose Mercury News
  It's just a question of whether it dies a real slow death or a faster death,Ensign said. "The bottom line is Yucca Mountain is literally on a ventilator and the writing is on the wall. It's in hospice care right now."
• Trisha Meili in FOXNews
  I think a turning point was getting off the ventilator so I could breathe on my own, and when I came out of the coma. But they didn't know cognitively how I would fare,Meili said.