! Corona CovID-19 DIY respirator/ventilator. Help saving lives.

Due to the corona virus, there is a shortage in some countries, and an expected shortage in other countries, of respirators/ventilators. In Italy, doctors cannot save everyone due to the lack of material for supporting respiration.

I came across this old instructable, where they wanted to build a respirator/ventilator for an expected avian flu pandemic.
https://www.instructables.com/id/The-Pandemic-Ventilator/

The same person has this blog
https://panvent.blogspot.com/

Here an example to use one respirator to intubate 4 patients at the same time, similarly to a splitter for a walkman.
https://hackaday.com/2020/03/19/saving-4-patients-with-just-1-ventilator/

There is a project openair, where they want to build open source respirators
https://www.projectopenair.org/

Maybe engineers, nurses, doctors, DIYers, etc, from here can help in any of the projects. The respirator seems to be the weak link in survival during the peak of the epidemic.

If you are a doctor who cannot work due to being a high risk,
If you are an engineer who has time,
If you are an arduino freak with a few spare pieces on hand,
If you are a DIY er with a full toolshed,
If you have some spare parts laying at home
If you...

I am sure many can help. Otherwise, grow some food, that's also helping

I'll opt for feeding people. That looks way out of my league! Meanwhile i bought a hand respirator. Left hand, right hand, left hand.

If in France, and you got a 20euro.

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I probably end up hooking it up to the compressor, being alone.

Another initiative:
https://www.3dnatives.com/en/3d-printed-respirator-230320205/

And one week left to submit ideas for a respirator here, in the challenge
https://www.agorize.com/en/challenges/code-life-challenge?t=ijPk3VV2JCbZn0uUJpmVUg

The Goal
To design a low-cost, simple, easy to use and easy to build ventilator that can serve COVID patients, in an emergency timeframe. It should be easy to build locally, must be easy to verify its functionality, and must meet the design requirements specified here. Three finalists will be selected and their designs will be available to download for free.

To motivate participation from local manufacturers, we encourage participants to submit provisional patents prior to the announcement of final designs, while granting license to local builders to manufacture their designs during the COVID crisis.

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edit: you can even win 200'000 CAD if you win this challenge, beside saving lives

One minor, subtle detail for that competition:

   Each team must include at least one relevant medical professional with publicized credentials (proof of right to practice) and one relevant technical/engineering professional with credentials to approve safety requirements
   Each team member must provide a short resume of qualifications relevant to the design (e.g. engineering degree, industry experience, other relevant experience)

Mike, yes, seems like it for legal reasons. But I think you can join a team without being a doctor or en engineer

Another interesting project, in french sorry:
https://www.covid3d.fr/
You can say that you
-need protection equipment
-want to 3d print it
-want to provide raw material
and they put you in relation

First they are 3d printing face shields

Maybe make a new thread with it? Could be an inspiration for other countries as well?