If and when it gets to that point, she can be taken off the respirator.
The baby has been taken off its artificial respirator at least three times, lawyers for the hospital said.
For much of the time, I was on a respirator because I could not breathe on my own.
Since then, he has been in a vegetative state, connected to a respirator.
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He is now on an artificial respirator and doctors from the armed forces and International Medical Center will inspect him.
"He had a heart attack and his heart stopped and he was saved by electric shocks, then placed on respirator, " he said.
He said his wife was in critical condition and on a respirator.
But doctors took Massa out of an artificial coma and off a respirator on Monday as he continued to make good progress.
In fact, the premier had already lapsed into a coma, was being kept alive on an artificial respirator and was fighting for his life.
In the 70s when I was away from a mains electricity supply, a 12-volt battery would keep my respirator operating for just 20 minutes.
But before commuters dash for the mask (and one expert recommended a full facial respirator as the only virus-proof measure), there is cause for optimism.
The man was unconscious, supported by a respirator and intravenous drips.
The mother sides with doctors and favors disconnecting the baby's respirator.
At one point her lungs "required 100% pure oxygen to be fed to her through a respirator, " as the bacteria ravaged her body, her father wrote.
This is a messy process that takes several days and requires workers to wear respirator suits to protect themselves from hazardous materials as they sand, prime, mask and repaint the aircraft.
The CDC recommends that health-care workers in close contact with people with suspected or confirmed H1N1 influenza use a properly fitted, disposable N95 respirator, or something that offers similar or better protection.
In every room with a patient on a respirator, for instance, Monti made sure the nurse had propped the head of the bed up at least thirty degrees, which makes pneumonia less likely.
He puts the patient in the back seat of his Honda Civic wearing a surgical mask, rolls down the windows "even during the winter, " he says and wears a respirator of his own while he drives.
"They complain about spending money on respirator masks, gloves to protect the workers and equipment to vacuum out the machines, " William Smith, president of the New York Metro Area Postal Workers Union, told CNN in an interview.
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Dr. Carlos Castro, scientific director of the Colombian League Against Cancer in Bogota, said that based on the government's accounts, Chavez appears to have been breathing with the help of a respirator for an extended period after the surgery.
The victim was attacked in a charter bus around 9:30 pm in an hour-long ordeal that led to her death at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore on Dec. 29 after fighting for her life on a respirator there, family members told the press.
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