Tough Fight of Automated Bag Valve Mask with CORONA

Kiran Bala
2 min readMar 29, 2020

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So far there is no such actual effective vaccine to prevent or cure Corona. Worldwide even Ambu bag(also called as BVM) proved to be a big flop. BVM(Bag Valve Mask) with oxygen supplied at a minimum of 15 liters per minute and a full reservoir can provide up to 1.5 liters of oxygen delivered per breath.

Countries like United Kingdom are just not consider them as an option. It’s wise also not to waste time in tinkering because as this virus is spreading it’s just far better to focus and come up with an effective Vaccine.

Indian government and the dedicated team of automobiles like Mahindra & Mahindra, Hyundai are working day and night to deliver these prototypes of Automated Ambu Bags which are actually the replacement of costly ventilators( approx. 10 lakhs). Though they are making it cost effective(INR7500) but are these engineers really gonna change the scary picture of increasing death toll. Just hoping they will succeed.

  1. Foremost question is can automated bag valve mask regulate the oxygen supply as per pressure of lungs ?
  2. Do we need a human assistance of 24 hours or few hours with patient, if yes; then how we can ensure the attendant will not get infected ?
  3. Are we investing our resources and crucial time which is lagging behind in a really productive way?
  4. Can we think of something else? Where are all those witty guys who can bring technology in your tips so as to adhere and make life simple.

I think the psychology of having the fear of death has already override and occupied the human brain resultant to that the world’s most intelligent brains are also in quarantine.

Battle with corona started long back; one after another country is engulfed in it’s wings. We all just experiment on our premises and then come with flops and failures. It’s not less than a world war; is it not advisable to bring all the brightest scientists and doctors from all over the world under one platform and then together try harder in all ways to come up with that most awaited Vaccine. United we stand, divided we fall against CORONA.

It’s just a race of Time with Human.

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Kiran Bala
Kiran Bala

Written by Kiran Bala

I'm an MBA, worked for MNC’s and presently own a business of cardiac medical devices. ‘Live Light, Feel Right’ is my favourite Life Mantra.

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