ventilator
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Salcedo is now breathing with the help of a ventilator and has just a 15% chance of survival, said his father, Javier Salcedo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
He spent nine days on a ventilator and 18 days on dialysis, during which time doctors gave him blood, platelet and plasma transfusions.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
The United States had called for Rivera's release after the government published photos of the visibly emaciated detainee hooked up to a ventilator.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
Her son Lewis, now 22, is dependent on a ventilator, as well as humidifiers, suction machines and oxygen concentrators, to keep him alive, after falling seriously ill as a toddler.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
One of them saw Billy’s face at the ventilator.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
It's a mammoth task: The vast majority of the city's 20,500 licensed food carts -- selling pretzels, peanuts and ice cream -- rely on generators to power stoves, freezers and ventilators.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Does she wonder how the people hospitalized on ventilators or who lost loved ones feel?
From Salon ● May 11, 2026
Steve Eccleshall says he wrote to Labour's Steve Witherden to ask for help to secure the release of 40 unused ventilators from Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
GM and Ford teamed up with medical-device makers to churn out tens of thousands of ventilators during the early days of the pandemic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
And food had stopped coming in through the ventilators, and the days and nights were colder all the time.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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