Allied Healthcare Ventilators, a Boon During Mass Casualty Situations

A line of ventilators meant to be used during large scale casualty situations have been designed by Allied Healthcare located at St.Louis.

This type of ventilator is a blessing during natural calamities and disasters, when hospitals are unable to meet the demand of patients needing life support.

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The Allied Mass Casualty Ventilators have many advantages – they are easy to operate, they have a long battery life and can be used without any external gas connection.

These Mass Casualty Ventilators are also comfortably priced at $3,000 per unit, as against $30,000 for a normal hospital ventilator.

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Source-Medindia

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