{"id":7702,"date":"2020-04-24T10:32:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T15:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/?p=7702"},"modified":"2025-10-21T15:16:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:16:59","slug":"ofrecen-webinar-sobre-la-adaptacion-de-maquinas-de-anestesia-como-ventiladores-en-casos-de-emergencia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/avance-de-la-ciencia\/ofrecen-webinar-sobre-la-adaptacion-de-maquinas-de-anestesia-como-ventiladores-en-casos-de-emergencia\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar on adapting anesthesia machines as ventilator in emergencies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pagomed organized the online conference with anesthesiology specialists addressing the issue of turning anesthesia machines into ventilators in an extreme emergency situation.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Dr. Adri\u00e1n Rivera Ram\u00edrez, Head of Anesthesiology in the area of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology in the Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra National Rehabilitation Institute (INR LGII), participated as exhibitor with Luis Alberto Medina Castel\u00e1n of the Department of Biomedical Engineer at IN. The session was moderated by Laura Blackaller, Pagomed co-founder.<\/p>

The webinar included content validated by the American Anesthesiology Association (ASA), HackFund, Pagomed and INR.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Rivera Ram\u00edrez explained that in extreme emergency cases anesthesia machines can be enabled as ventilator in Intensive Care Units, however, he commented that it is not a plan that is required at this time, but must be prepared to give a dignified death to patients with severe complications by COVID-19.<\/p>

All this following the principles of thanatology, of giving the patient a death without pain, without hunger, without thirst and without suffocation.<\/p>

In the global landscape of respirators for ICU for every 100,000 inhabitants Dr. Rivera Mart\u00ednez gave the following data: The United States has 34.7 and Germany 50, on the other hand, Spain and Italy the European countries with the most affected public health systems by COVID-19 have 9.7 and 12.5 respectively. In Mexico, unlike these countries, there are 3.4 per 100,000 inhabitants.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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However, in countries such as Spain or Italy, anesthesia machines have not been enabled as respirators, but in the United States they have, despite not being approved by the FDA for long periods of time, however, the need for this medical equipment has led them to make this decision.<\/p>

In this way, the ASA makes the following recommendations on how they should be used:<\/p>