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  2. The iron lung: A life-saving device with an enduring legacy - AOL

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    The iron lung was less invasive than modern technology, but it would be far less effective in treating acute or respiratory conditions that require high-pressure support, like pneumonia, COVID-19 ...

  3. Iron lung - Wikipedia

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    An iron lung is a type of negative pressure ventilator, a mechanical respirator which encloses most of a person's body and varies the air pressure in the enclosed space to stimulate breathing. [1] [2] It assists breathing when muscle control is lost, or the work of breathing exceeds the person's ability. [1]

  4. Negative pressure ventilator - Wikipedia

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    The jacket ventilator, also known as a poncho or raincoat ventilator, is a lighter version of the iron lung or the cuirass ventilator, constructed of an airtight material (such as plastic or rubber) arranged over a light metal or plastic frame, or screen, and depressurized and repressurized by a portable ventilator. [1] [2] [12] [17]

  5. Mechanical ventilation - Wikipedia

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    Mechanical ventilation or assisted ventilation is the medical term for using a ventilator machine to fully or partially provide artificial ventilation.Mechanical ventilation helps move air into and out of the lungs, with the main goal of helping the delivery of oxygen and removal of carbon dioxide.

  6. Paul Alexander, Last U.S. Man Living in an Iron Lung ... - AOL

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    The polio survivor spent more than 70 years being kept alive by the medical device.

  7. A 22-year-old man who vaped required a double lung transplant ...

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    A 22-year-old man received a double lung transplant earlier this month after being on life support for 70 days. Jackson Allard, a North Dakota resident, went to the emergency room for a stomach ...

  8. Martha Lillard - Wikipedia

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    Martha Ann Lillard [1] (born June 8, 1948) is an American polio survivor who lives in an iron lung. After Paul Alexander's death, she became the last known person to still live in an iron lung. She contracted polio in 1953, when she was five years old. [2]

  9. Paul Alexander, known as the 'man in the iron lung' since ...

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    The last man to live in an iron lung died in Dallas on Monday. Paul Alexander, 78, spent more than 70 years confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child in 1952.

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