Norman James
Norman Reynolds James (1908-1987) was an Australian anaesthetist, inventor and educator. Harrington-James ventilator, James Autohand Ventilator, Royal Melbourne (R.M.) resuscitator
Tag Ventilator
August Krogh
August Schack Steenberg Krogh (1874-1949) was a Danish physiologist and Nobel laureate who developed multiple apparatus that bear his name
Robert Beaver
Robert Atwood Beaver (1906-1975) was an English Anaesthetist, artist and engineer known for his development of the Beaver Respirator
V. Ray Bennett
V.Ray Bennett (1922 – 1996) was an American engineer whose contributions to respiratory medicine resulted in saving thousands of lives during the Polio epidemic
Carl-Gunnar Engström
Carl Gunnar Engström (1912 – 1987) was a Swedish physician and engineer; inventor of the Engström universal respirator a positive pressure mechanical ventilator
Philip Drinker
Philip Drinker (1894 - 1972) was a chemical engineer, father of American Industrial Hygiene and inventor of the Drinker respirator in 1928 and pioneer
Ernst Mørch
Ernst Trier Mørch (1908-1996) was a Danish-American anesthesiologist, inventor, geneticist and humanitarian. Mueller-Mørch ventilator (1954); Mørch Laryngoscope (1951)
Forrest Bird
Forrest Bird (1921-2015) was an American aviator, inventor, biomedical engineer and medical doctor: Bird Mark ventilator; BabyBird ventilator
John H. Blease
John Henry Blease (1906 - 1985) British inventor and anaesthetic technician. Blease-Manley ventilator; the Alfo-Blease anaesthetic machine
Roger Manley
Roger Edward Wentworth Manley (1930-1991) was a British inventor, anaesthetist and engineer. Pioneer of the Manley Ventilator and Multivent
Shared ventilation: how to do it if you have to
Dr Simran Kaur Matta explains how to "split" a ventilator so that you can provide shared ventilation to multiple patients if you have to.
Selective Lung Ventilation
Selective Lung Ventilation involves the isolation of one lung from the other allowing independent ventilation. Usually performed with a double lumen tube (DLT); alternatives are the use of a univent tube or an endobronchial blocker