A negative pressure ventilator is a machine outside your body that helps you breathe. Learn about its history during pandemics and more.

Despite its limitations, “the device spurred innovations in ventilator design and critical care, ultimately leading to the development of positive pressure ventilators and other life-support ...

Objective: To obtain optimal titration of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) during mechanical ventilation with functional residual capacity and ventilation homogeneity measurements.

At around 5.45am, two fire engines from Burnley and Nelson, attended a house fire on Albion Street. Firefighters used a variety of equipment to help extinguish the blaze. Fire crews were in attendance ...

Firefighters spent more than four hours dousing flames after a County Durham pizza shop set ablaze. Emergency services were ...

Background: The use of noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV) for acute respiratory failure (ARF) has become more widespread over the past decade, but its prescription, use and outcomes in ...

We reviewed studies comparing different combinations of flow rates, pressures, and timings used to support breathing in premature babies (less than 37 weeks of pregnancy) after the breathing tube is ...

NIPPV emerged as the most effective preoxygenation method to reduce hypoxemia during intubation, offering valuable guidance ...

A HOUSE fire which resulted in five pets being rescued, was caused by a refraction of sunlight in the garden. Firefighters ...

Premature babies often need help breathing as their lungs are not fully developed. Nasal breathing support (through the nose) helps premature babies breathe without the need for breathing tubes in the ...

Firefighters tackled a blaze at a home in Wisbech yesterday morning. A crew from Wisbech was called to the fire on ...