Few nursing homes can care for people who need help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS and other conditions. Insurers often deny payment... They need a ventilator to stay alive. Getting one ...

Concerns about safety, competing priorities and uncooperative patients were among the barriers identified by critical care nurses for not mobilizing intubated patients receiving mechanical ventilation ...

This article has been written and funded by Chiesi UK. Author: Sarah Rust As a respiratory nurse working in general practice, ...

With much-needed equipment comes demands to put it all to use. As states sound the alarm over a lack of ventilators to help hospitalized novel coronavirus patients -- including a plea for 30,000 ...

Derek McManus has ALS, but his insurer initially refused to provide an advanced medical ventilator. Each machine can cost insurers more than $10,000. An independent appeals reviewer ordered the ...

On vacation in Mexico last year, Michael DiPlacido passed out twice while scuba diving and again in his hotel. Back in St. Louis, Mo., doctors diagnosed him with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, ...