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**BigRedChief** · 03-20-2020, 08:37 AM

Got some new figures from my RT buddies

We have 7600 licensed Respiratory Therapists in the USA
Lets say they work 8 hours a day with no days off for 2 months. 3 shifts.
Around 2533 RT's available in the USA to run vents in our hospitals on any given shift.
We usually run 3-4 ventilators max at a time. Lets double that to 6-8 vents at a time in this time of crisis.
In the USA, our capacity to have trained and licsensed staff to run ventilators at the same time is 20,264
We have more than 20,264 of us needing vents at the same time.... decisions on safety will need to be made by someone.

And in my experience, you don't want about 20% of those RT's running your families ventilator.

03-20-2020, 08:37 AM	#7614
BigRedChief Has a particular set of skills BigRedChief's Avatar Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: On the water	Got some new figures from my RT buddies We have 7600 licensed Respiratory Therapists in the USA Lets say they work 8 hours a day with no days off for 2 months. 3 shifts. Around 2533 RT's available in the USA to run vents in our hospitals on any given shift. We usually run 3-4 ventilators max at a time. Lets double that to 6-8 vents at a time in this time of crisis. In the USA, our capacity to have trained and licsensed staff to run ventilators at the same time is 20,264 We have more than 20,264 of us needing vents at the same time.... decisions on safety will need to be made by someone. And in my experience, you don't want about 20% of those RT's running your families ventilator.
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