Name:   PTClakefan - Subject:   CRD’s input could help..... Date:   4/4/2020 7:54:38 PM

That's my understanding as well.  If left on the ventalator too long, the patient's lungs start to slowly shut-down letting the device do the breathing for them.  If left too long, the damage can become almost irreversible.  As a former OR nurse explained to me on a boatride this afternoon, these patients need constant monitoring to keep them from getting to that state.  That is why you could have a gazillion respirators, but if you didn't have the people trained to use them, they are just another piece of equipment, that can do as much harm as good.