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    Barn Personnel Experience Higher-Than-Average Rates of Respiratory Symptoms  Nov 22, 2009
    Doctors can now keep patients who are in respiratory care safer with a new kind of ventilator. Ventilator oxygen is completely dry and needs to be. (Science Daily)

    'Wooden' lung ingenious contraption for Polio  Nov 22, 2009
    As a fully functioning negative pressure ventilator, this wooden lung (so-called because its frame was built of plywood) did the same job as the polished, commercially manufactured iron ones. It was an ingenious mechanical feat that drew national attention. (The Pantagraph newspaper)

    Burned Florida teen gets skin graft  Nov 21, 2009
    He has been heavily sedated since the October 12 incident and on a ventilator until last week to keep him alive. He is listed in guarded condition. (CNN)

    * Centers for Disease Control overturn ruling on flu victim  Nov 19, 2009
    As of press time yesterday, he was on a medical ventilator and in critical condition. Doctors say Tamiflu or Relenza, the medicines most often used on swine flu patients, would be unsuitable for him. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Flu linked to boy’s death  Nov 19, 2009
    Justin White spent two weeks on a ventilator before succumbing Sunday. Justin White suffered from Cerebral Palsy all his life, never learning to walk or talk. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)

    Student Survives Bout With H1N1  Nov 19, 2009
    Dekker was on a ventilator at the hospital. The medical staff even placed him in an induced coma as his fever raged to 105 degrees. (7 KETV Omaha)

    Baby in court battle dies  Nov 17, 2009
    Severely ill toddler has died days after his father agreed to turn off his ventilator ... London, England (CNN) -- A severely ill toddler at the center of a legal battle between his parents has died days after his father agreed to switch off his ventilator ... The father withdrew his objection Tuesday and allowed the ventilator to be switched off. (CNN -- World)

    And then there were two?  Nov 17, 2009
    And then there were two. Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off. (Yahoo News -- Presidential Election 2000)

    Families shocked by how fast flu can hit  Nov 16, 2009
    These patients, the vast majority of whom are between the ages of 18 and 64, are put on a ventilator, some for weeks. Sedatives relax the body and aid the ventilator ... Jessica Johnson _ on a ventilator less than a week ago, on the verge of death because of H1N1 _ smiled at him. (Muscatine Journal, IO)

    Fundraiser benefits multiple sclerosis research, two local families (3)  Nov 15, 2009
    For months he was in intensive care in a Virginia hospital, where he underwent two surgeries and was on a ventilator machine to help him breathe. He has finally made it back to Michigan, but has lost his job, insurance and home. (Shelby Twp Advisor & Source, MI)

    Researchers Mobilizing Global Resources to Test New Treatments for Severe H1N1 Infection  Nov 15, 2009
    One of these trials -- the Collaborative H1N1 Adjuvant Treatment (CHAT) trial -- seeks to enroll 1,400 patients, most of them Canadians, who are being treated in a hospital ICU for severe H1N1 infection and are on a ventilator ... Any coordinated and effective plan for dealing with H1N1 or another severe pandemic illness requires a host of resources -- hospital ICU beds and ventilators, a steady supply of vaccines and medications, and enough health care providers to use them. (Science Daily)

    Woman widowed by cop husband's suicide sues NYPD  Nov 15, 2009
    He was among 30 people wounded in the rampage and remained hospitalized Friday in a coma, attached to a ventilator. All but two of the injured were still hospitalized; all were in stable condition. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)

    Flu patient still hospitalized  Nov 14, 2009
    He is unable to speak and needs a ventilator to breathe. His doctors say he faces months of physical therapy to strengthen muscles that have atrophied. (AZCentral)

    Accident changes family's life  Nov 14, 2009
    Impressed by his will power, doctors at ORMC installed a diaphragmatic pacemaker to help Humes breathe without a ventilator ... "This was one of his first battles, to get off the ventilator. The options for rehabilitation are narrowed if you cannot do that," said Joe Lazaer, a friend who lives in California. (Florida Today)

    Mechanical ventilation for patients with lung damage don't always work as planned  Nov 13, 2009
    The most severely affected may be treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) and placed on a mechanical ventilator to help them breathe while they recover from the infection. While mechanical ventilation clearly saves the lives of many people felled by serious illness, in some cases, this supportive measure has been known to damage the lungs, says Dr. Arthur S. Slutsky, a scientist at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. (EurekAlert!)

    Vaccine fear has pregnant moms, kids risking flu  Nov 13, 2009
    Forty-eight days since being hospitalized, Koenig is more responsive and the use of the ventilator has been decreased. Her baby, born Oct. 27, has gained 10 ounces. (Daytona Beach News Journal)

    Cirignano pleads guilty to manslaughter in Nagle death  Nov 12, 2009
    He had to use a ventilator to breathe until he died of a blood infection on July 23, 2007. Nagle spent months in rehabilitation hospitals in Boston, Atlanta, and Braintree before returning to live at his home. (Weymouth News, MA)

    Pune: Swine flu claims one more life, toll 103  Nov 12, 2009
    He was put on ventilator. His condition deteriorated further following which he died," said Chandakkar. Bhise was a diabetic, he added. Meanwhile, the H1N1 influenza infected eight students from eight education institutions including six schools in the PMC and PCMC limits. Eight students are among the 15 people who tested positive for the flu on Wednesday, said Pandit Chavan, joint director of the state health services. One student each from Kendriya Vidyalaya School (Ganeshkhind), Balaji... (India Times, India)

    Power restored in Brazil  Nov 12, 2009
    The outage also led to medical emergencies, with a report in Sao Paulo of neighbors having to rescue someone who breathes with the help of a ventilator but the back-up battery was running low. Police also reported increased robberies and looting related to the blackout. (CNN)

    * Obamas comfort massacre families  Nov 12, 2009
    A spokesman at the hospital at San Antonio said Hasan had been taken off a ventilator over the weekend and had been talking to hospital staff. Galligan, who was hired by Hasans family, questioned whether it was possible for his client to receive a fair trial if it was held at Fort Hood. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Virginia Teen Suffers Paralysis after Drowsy-Driving Accident  Nov 12, 2009
    He arrived at the University of Virginia's Kluge Children's Rehabilitation Center on a ventilator, with a tracheotomy, and with head bolted to a "halo" device to keep his spine steady as it healed. His rehab team had no idea how movement he'd be able to recover. (W-USA News, DC)

    Paramedic: Pool saved burned boy's life  Nov 12, 2009
    Michael Brewer, 15, taken off ventilator, recovering from "horrific" burns ... Tuesday, doctors removed the ventilator that kept Brewer alive for almost a month ... Investigators were unable to interview Brewer while he was on a ventilator. (CNN)

    Dad drops fight to keep baby alive  Nov 11, 2009
    "Unless the (ventilator) delivers air every three seconds, his body will go into crisis and decline. Recent attempts to lengthen this period by just one second have had to be abandoned, such is his need for artificial ventilation from the machine upon which he is, and will always be, totally dependent," Judge Andrew McFarlane said in concluding remarks on Tuesday ... The father originally took the case to court to stop them from taking the infant off his ventilator ... The second time he lasted... (CNN)

    Tragic choice  Nov 11, 2009
    The ventilator keeping baby RB alive should be switched off ... Mr Justice McFarlane did not have to do anything other than make an official order allowing the withdrawal of the baby's ventilator. (BBC News -- UK)

    Investigators appeal for tips  Nov 11, 2009
    Rossi said Hasan, a 39-year-old licensed Army psychiatrist who worked at a hospital on the post, is no longer on a ventilator, but remained in critical but stable condition and in intensive care at Brooke Army Medical Center. Authorities have not identified a motive in the attack at Fort Hood's military processing center, where soldiers report before they head to war. (CNN -- US)

    Investigators look for missed signals  Nov 11, 2009
    Though still in intensive care, his ventilator was removed over the weekend, and he began talking afterwards, hospital spokesman Dewey Mitchell said. Federal agents attempted to interview Hasan on Sunday, but he refused to cooperate and asked for an attorney, the investigative officials said. (CNN -- US)

    Hospital: Fort Hood Shooter Awake, Talking  Nov 10, 2009
    Mitchell says Hasan has been awake and able to talk since he was taken off a ventilator Saturday. Hasan is at Brooke Medical Center in San Antonio, about 150 miles southwest of Fort Hood. (Newsmax)

    Awake And Speaking  Nov 10, 2009
    Dewey Mitchell, a spokesman at Brooke Army Medical Center, about 150 miles southwest of Fort Hood, says Hasan has been awake and able to talk since he was taken off a ventilator Saturday. Hasan, 39, was shot during an exchange of gunfire during Thursday's attack. (Fox News)

    Ft. Hood Shooting Suspect Awake, Talking  Nov 10, 2009
    Nidal Malik Hasan Taken Off Ventilator Saturday. POSTED: 4:39 am PST November 9, 2009UPDATED: 10:53 am PST November 9, 2009. (KERO 23, CA)

    Teens charged in burned boy case  Nov 10, 2009
    Brewer is heavily sedated and a ventilator helping him breathe does not allow him to speak. Bandages cover his open wounds, and the bandages must be changed daily in a painstaking four-hour process. (CNN)

    U.S. army base shooting suspect starts to talk  Nov 10, 2009
    Hasan's ventilator was removed over the weekend, and he began talking afterward, Mitchell told reporters. The suspect is now speaking with hospital staff, but Mitchell was unable to say whether Hasan has been speaking with Army investigators. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Did Fort Hood Shooter And Radical Cleric Cross Paths At Falls Church Mosque  Nov 10, 2009
    Search the District, Virginia and Maryland. (WUSA)-- An American born Imam with ties to Al Qaeda and two of the September 11th terrorists may have also crossed paths with Ft Hood shooting suspect Major Nidal Hasan. (W-USA News, DC)

    Suspected Fort Hood Gunman Sent E-Mail To Radical Imam  Nov 10, 2009
    Nidal Malik Hasan sent e-mails to a radical imam overseas who once came under scrutiny because of possible links to terrorist groups, a U.S. official said Monday. " There are also reports Hasan may have attended the same mosque in Virginia as two of the 9/11 hijackers at the same time a radical imam preached there. A law enforcement official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, said whether Hasan associated with the hijackers is something the FBI will... (KWTX.com, TX)

    When war comes home  Nov 10, 2009
    Rossi added, "He's on a ventilator.". Hasan, 39, joined the army just out of high school. (Asia Times Online)

    Hope for answers as US Army shooter awakes from coma  Nov 10, 2009
    "He is talking. He is conversing with the medical staff,'' a spokeswoman for the Brooke Army Medical Centre in San Antonio said about army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan. An around-the-clock inquiry at Fort Hood in Texas has so far failed to uncover the motive for Thursday's shooting, which also left 42 wounded, according to a new toll released on Monday. Hasan, 39, a devout Muslim, was shot and wounded by a female civilian police sergeant who stopped his deadly gunfire and was in a critical... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    Chandigarh: H1N1 claims fourth life  Nov 10, 2009
    Doctors stated that as her lungs were bleeding, she could not be put on the ventilator. Her throat swab sample taken on arrival was found positive for H1N1 influenza in the evening. (India Times, India)

    Attorney meets with Fort Hood shooting suspect  Nov 10, 2009
    He was taken off a ventilator on Saturday. Hasan was shot during an exchange of gunfire during Thursday's attack. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)

    Preemie worry: Induced labor rules tightened  Nov 10, 2009
    So Oshiro pulled the medical charts and found those near-term babies had more than double the risk of ending up in neonatal ICU, suffering respiratory distress, even needing a ventilator. It took several years of policing: Inductions now are allowed only after meeting a checklist of requirements. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)

    Suspect Critical but Stable  Nov 9, 2009
    The military moved him on Friday to Brooke Medical Center, where he was taken off a ventilator on Saturday. Of the 29 people wounded in Thursday's attack, 16 remain in local Texas hospitals, with seven in the ICU.. (Fox News)

    14 Comments  Nov 9, 2009
    Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Remains In Intensive Care Sunday The Army psychiatrist suspected in the deadly shooting at Fort Hood remains in intensive care, but has been taken off a ventilator, officials say, but its not clear whether hes able to communicate. Post Your Comments. (KWTX.com, TX)

    Army: Shooting Suspect Taken Off Ventilator  Nov 9, 2009
    A U.S. Army spokesman says the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood has been taken off a ventilator but still remains in intensive care at a military hospital. Spokesman Col. John Rossi told reporters on Saturday at Fort Hood that he is not sure if Maj. (Newsmax)

    US Army appeals for help in Fort Hood inquiry  Nov 9, 2009
    " onclick="Next();" src="/images/butt_next. The army is strong, we are focused on recovery," said chaplain Captain Jason Black. Army investigators believe the suspected shooter, Major Nidal Hasan, 39, was acting alone when he opened fire in a troops processing center on Thursday. Related article: Hasan's family grapple motives "All evidence at this point indicates the suspect allegedly acted alone," said army investigation spokesman, Chris Grey, appearing to strike down any theories that Hasan... (Channelnewsasia.com)

    Police believe gunman not part of terrorist plot  Nov 9, 2009
    Colonel Rossi said he was no longer on a ventilator, but dodged questions about whether he was conscious or able to speak ... Shooting suspect off ventilator. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    Hasan Computer Reveals No Terror Ties  Nov 9, 2009
    The FBI still has not interviewed Hasan, who was reportedly taken off a ventilator at the hospital where he is recovering, under guard, after being shot four times during Thursday's firefight. More Coverage of the Tragedy at Fort Hood. (CBS News -- US)

    Lieberman: Senate to investigate Ft. Hood shooting  Nov 9, 2009
    He was breathing on his own after being taken off a ventilator yesterday, but officials won't say whether Hasan can communicate. Sixteen victims remained hospitalized with gunshot wounds, and seven were in intensive care. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    US attack 'could have been worse'  Nov 8, 2009
    He has now been taken off a ventilator but it is not clear whether he is able to communicate. Investigators are still trying to establish a motive for the attack, Mr Grey said, despite interviews with more than 170 witnesses and victims. (BBC News -- Americas)

    We Need an Ask and Tell Policy Regarding Jihadists in Our Military  Nov 8, 2009
    Hey Nidal, if you can hear me over the noise your ventilator is making, your little stunt puts you in the same category with Cho Seung-Hui. And, at least for me and millions of others I think I can speak for, its a shame you cannot be with him right now sharing a brimstone milkshake on Dantes seventh concentric circle. (Townhall.com)

    Viagra introduces its latest celebrity backer: the devil  Nov 8, 2009
    US Army officials say the man who killed 13 people during a shooting spree at Fort Hood has been taken off a ventilator but still remains in intensive care. new. (Yahoo News -- Men's Health)

    FH Shooting Suspect Taken Off Ventilator; Remains In Intensive Care  Nov 8, 2009
    (november 7, 2009) - The man authorities say opened fired at Fort Hood killing 13 people has been taken off a ventilator but remains in intensive care at Brooks Army Medical Center in San Antonio. Maj. (KWTX.com, TX)

    52 Comments  Nov 8, 2009
    Posted by: MOM Location: BELTON on Nov 6, 2009 at 08:50 AM TAKE HIM OFF THE VENTILATOR AND LET HIM BURN. ... I know his family will be hurting, but let the ID10T die, someone needs to stop his ventilator, let hime suffer, plug it back in and repeat. (KWTX.com, TX)

    Seven Dead, 20 Wounded at Fort Hood | 13WMAZ....  Nov 8, 2009
    Hasan was unconscious Friday, on a ventilator and in custody in a hospital. Immediately after the shootings, authorities began trying to determine whether the incident was a coordinated act or the work of a lone gunman. (13WMAZ.com, GA)

    Clear warning signs, Hasan's colleagues say  Nov 8, 2009
    A U.S. Army spokesman said Hasan had been taken off a ventilator but still remained in intensive care at a military hospital. Col. John Rossi said he wasn't sure if Hasan could communicate. (MSNBC -- Crime)

    Fort Hood bloodbath could have been worse  Nov 7, 2009
    A loud, popping noise. The sudden, urgent shout of Gun. (Somerset Daily American, PA)

    Obama praises army base heroism  Nov 7, 2009
    He said that the suspect - who had been on a ventilator in a civilian hospital - was transferred on Friday by helicopter to the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. There have been no updates on Maj Hasan's condition but the army has confirmed he is "unable to converse". (BBC News -- Americas)

    As shots rang out, she answered call  Nov 7, 2009
    Hasan, 39, is hospitalized and remained on a ventilator yesterday. He is suspected of acting alone in a rampage that killed 13 people and wounded at least 30 others. (Boston Globe)

    Army chief: Fort rampage a kick in the gut  Nov 7, 2009
    Nidal Malik Hasan, was on a ventilator and unconscious after being shot four times during the shootings, Fort Hood officials said. In the early chaos after the shootings, authorities believed they had killed him, only to discover later that he had survived. (MSNBC -- Crime)

    Profile of Fort Hood suspect emerges  Nov 7, 2009
    Authorities on Friday seized Hasan's home computer, searched his apartment and took away a Dumpster as the 39-year-old Army major lay in a coma in the hospital, attached to a ventilator. There are many unknowns about the man authorities say is responsible for the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base. (MSNBC -- International)

    Hasan Reportedly Felt U.S. Attacked Islam  Nov 7, 2009
    Authorities on Friday seized Hasan's home computer, searched his apartment and took away a Dumpster as the 39-year-old Army major lay in a coma in the hospital, attached to a ventilator. While it's early in the investigation, investigators are looking at the case as a "lone wolf" situation, senior law enforcement officials told CBS News correspondent Bob Orr. (CBS News -- Health)

    Heroic officer `walked up and engaged' Fort Hood shooter  Nov 7, 2009
    Hasan, an Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 and wounding at least 30 others during the rampage, is hospitalized on a ventilator. Cone said that Munley, a Killeen, Texas, resident who was trained in active-response tactics, rushed into the building and confronted Hasan as he was turning a corner. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Army: Wounded officer ended rampage  Nov 7, 2009
    Nidal Malik Hasan, is hospitalized on a ventilator ... He was among 30 people wounded in the spree and remained hospitalized on a ventilator on Friday. (Salon)

    Gunman still alive  Nov 7, 2009
    Hasan was shot four times, and was on a ventilator and unconscious, military officials said. "I would say his death is not imminent," Cone said. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    US grieves after Muslim doctor kills 13 on army base  Nov 7, 2009
    He remained on a ventilator in a civilian hospital Friday. Witnesses reportedly heard him shout "Allahu Akbar!" (God is greatest) as he opened fire in a troop processing center with a semiautomatic weapon and a handgun. (Yahoo! Asia News)

    But for heroes, bloodbath could have been worse...  Nov 7, 2009
    Hasan, hooked up to a ventilator, was moved Friday to a military hospital in San Antonio. The woman who stopped him, Munley, awaited surgery Friday to remove the bullets from her leg. (The Drudge Report)

    Hidden anguish  Nov 7, 2009
    The room where Nidal Malik Hasan, the US-born Muslim major who is alleged to have killed so many, is breathing with help from a ventilator. Maj Hasan is in stable condition in the intensive care unit. (BBC News -- Americas)

    SUSPECT'S PAST  Nov 7, 2009
    Hasan was among 30 people wounded in the rampage and remained hospitalized Friday in a coma, attached to a ventilator. All but two of the injured were still hospitalized. (USA Today)

    Gunman kills 12, wounds 31 at Fort Hood  Nov 7, 2009
    Nidal Malik Hasan, who once practiced at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, was shot four times by a civilian police officer and was on a ventilator and unconscious in the hospital. "I would say his death is not imminent," Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, the base commander, said. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    * Major kills 13 in shooting spree at US army base  Nov 7, 2009
    Hasan, who was shot several times, was unconscious but in stable condition and on a ventilator, CNN said. Lieutenant-General Robert Cone, Fort Hoods commanding officer, told CNN that the FBI and military forensic experts were investigating the shooting. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)

    Suspected Fort Hood Shooter Was 'Calm' During Massacre, May Have Shouted 'God Is Great!'  Nov 7, 2009
    Authorities searched his apartment early Friday for clues but haven't yet been able to talk to Hasan, who survived the shootings and was hospitalized on a ventilator. Federal authorities seized Hasan's computer Friday. (Fox News)

    Military hails 2 heroes in Fort Hood rampage  Nov 7, 2009
    Civilian cop stopped bloodbath, wounded army nutritionist helped others. Hope2forget30 / TwitterSgt. (MSNBC -- Crime)

    The Fort Hood shooting death toll rise to13  Nov 6, 2009
    Hasan is currently on a ventilator and unconscious after being shot four times. AP was used as a source. (WSJA.com, AL)

    Fort Hood Shooting: The latest information on the Texas shooting  Nov 6, 2009
    Nidal Malik Hasan, who was shot four times, is on a ventilator and unconscious in a hospital. Officials said that soldiers and civilians ripped apart their clothes to make bandages for fallen colleagues, many of whom were waiting at the base's Soldier Readiness Center for medical and dental exams before deployment. (FOX61, CT)

    Shooting victim still recovering  Nov 6, 2009
    The last thing her husband remembered was the flashing ambulance lights outside Grady Memorial Hosptial, where he'd spend the next five weeks hooked to a ventilator. The man was just cutting his grass and he gets shot, said Kirkwood resident Inell Jones. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)

    Family of teen set on fire gets apology  Nov 6, 2009
    Doctors say victim, burned on about 65 percent of his body, is on ventilator, expected to live. Because he is sedated and on ventilator, victim hasn't communicated with detectives ... Brewer remains on a ventilator. (CNN)

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    "She's been there on a ventilator for two weeks.". Griger's daughter works at a child care center. (7 KETV Omaha)

    Doctor admits baby 'may interact'  Nov 5, 2009
    Baby RB's father believes he might be taken off his ventilator and returned home if surgeons carried out a tracheotomy, which creates an opening in the neck to deliver air to the lungs. His doctor has agreed to carry out a tracheotomy assessment on Saturday and report back to the court next week. (BBC News -- UK)

    New Mom Dies From H1N1 Weeks After Giving Birth  Nov 5, 2009
    Doctors put Ford on a ventilator after confirming she had the H1N1 virus and she was given Tamiflu. But her condition deteriorated and she became gravely ill with pneumonia. (Fox News)

    Early Results Of Nitric Oxide Therapy For Preemies Not Sustained, Study Finds  Nov 5, 2009
    Babies received five parts per million of iNO or a placebo within the first two days of birth and continuing for 21 days (or until the patient was taken off a ventilator). Of the 590 babies with complete survival data, 77 percent survived to one year of age (79 percent of those receiving iNO and 75 percent of those receiving placebo). (Science Daily)

    WORST CASE:  Teen hospitalized 4 months with H1N1  Nov 3, 2009
    " Three times the doctors came in to have hard discussions with the family, warning them Tiffany was near death. "We admitted her directly to the pediatric intensive care unit," says Sharon Williams, director of Critical Care at Children's. Tiffany started with viral pneumonia and then developed a secondary infection in her lungs. Her kidneys stopped working, and she was on a ventilator to help her breathe for two months. "First we sedated her, and then we paralyzed her. We didn't want her to... (USA Today)

    Father fights to keep son alive  Nov 2, 2009
    Doctors want to take the one-year-old off the ventilator ... Despite having to remain in hospital and being dependent on a ventilator to breathe, he enjoys having stories read to him and listening to music, they say. (BBC News -- Health)

    Rationing Care at the Beginning of Life?  Oct 30, 2009
    At 21 weeks, he said, a baby usually doesn't have much in the way of lungs, and, therefore, cannot breathe even with assistance from a ventilator. "There's no rule here about 21 weeks, 22 weeks, 23 weeks, you've got to take a look at the baby," he said. (ABC News)

    Some H1N1 cases baffle doctors  Oct 27, 2009
    Boudrot suffered organ failure, was placed on a ventilator and at one time his family was told he had a 10 percent chance of making it through the night. The prognosis was so grim, the family brought in a priest (Boudrot is Catholic, and his wife of 27 years, Renee, is Jewish. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)

    Rock me gently  Oct 27, 2009
    "(2 of 2)The hospital NICU has space for 75 babies. Some babies are too sick to be rocked. Only those who are stable, not on a ventilator, not easily irritated and on the course to go home are eligible. One parent who gave consent for her baby to be rocked is Sharee Martin, 34, of Leland. Her 6-month-old daughter, Carol La-Shae Jackson, was born when Martin was 27 weeks pregnant."I think that's a nice thing they're doing," Martin says. Fortunately, Martin has stayed at the Ronald McDonald House... (The Clarion-Ledger)

    Preventing preemies: New rules limit induced labor  Oct 27, 2009
    So Oshiro pulled the medical charts and found those near-term babies had more than double the risk of ending up in neonatal ICU, suffering respiratory distress, even needing a ventilator. It took several years of policing. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)

    Pune: One more succumbs to H1N1 in city; toll 91  Oct 26, 2009
    "Her condition was critical at the time of admission. She was immediately put on a ventilator. She had developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), following which she died at 6 am on Sunday," said Mehta ... Of them, seven patients are on ventilator, Mehta added. (India Times, India)

    Parents' charity  Oct 26, 2009
    " RED FLAG SYMPTOMS Call an ambulance Baby going blue Increased breathing rate more than one per second Pauses in breathing Head bobbing with breathing Struggling to feed on two occasions Non responsive Grunting at end of each breath Charlie's parents have set up the first charity to raise awareness of bronchiolitis, called Breathtaking. They have produced an information leaflet which has been sent to every children's hospital in England. It is estimated that a third of infants in the UK develop... (BBC News -- UK)

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