Jan 302008
The Gimp Parade links to a news story describing how the power outages in Gaza brought on by the Israeli blockade are affecting people like Maher Al-Assali, a Palestinian boy who is ventilator-dependent. During the frequent blackouts, the boy’s family must manually ventilate him with an Ambu bag.
This post isn’t intended as a criticism of Israeli policy. But having been in situations where my ventilator quit working, I can tell you that manually bagging someone is exhausting work for the bagger and rather uncomfortable for the bagee. A human being can’t possibly mimic the regular, measured breaths of a mechanical ventilator.
