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(Sportalsub.net \/ AFP \/ i24news) – Leer en Espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n

The idea started in Italy, the European country worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic<\/p>\n

As hospitals face an overload of COVID-19 patients struggling to breathe, innovative medical staff are turning to snorkeling masks from sports stores to stop their lungs from collapsing.<\/p>\n

The idea started in Italy, the European country worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with hospitals in other nations taking note and adding their own specific medical parts to make it work.<\/p>\n

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One such is the Erasme Hospital on the outskirts of Belgium’s capital, Brussels. It is attached to the city’s ULB university — and through it to a private spin-off, Endo Tools Therapeutics, whose know-how in 3D printing for medical use has proved invaluable.<\/p>\n

“They are to be used for patients with severe respiratory problems. The aim is to avoid having to intubate the trachea of the patient and put them on a respirator,” said Frederic Bonnier, a respiratory physiotherapist at the hospital who also teaches at the university.<\/p>\n

He spearheaded the design of a custom-made valve that fits to the top of full-face masks, where the snorkel is meant to go, allowing them to connect to standard BiPAP machines that feed pressurized air into masks.<\/p>\n

This helps prevent the collapse of alveoli, lung air sacs needed for the intake of oxygen into the body and the exhalation of carbon dioxide. Pneumonia brought on by COVID-19 inflames the lung membrane and fills those sacs with liquid.<\/p>\n

Source i24news\/AFP:<\/strong> COVID-19: Hospitals turn to snorkel masks to ease respirator overload<\/a><\/p>\n

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