This has sparked a new conversation about the difference between ventilators, Continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machines and bi-level respiratory devices known popularly as bi-level ...

Coronavirus has sparked a new conversation about the difference between ventilators, CPAP and BiPAP machines.

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But amid the current medical crisis, BiPAP machines have been successfully converted into ventilator-like machines to help treat sick patients, but likely not those who are critically ill.

Northwell Health says it has 315 BiPAP machines and is printing the adapters to make them work. The state was so impressed with the result that it ordered 7,000 of the machines.

In preparation for potential patient surge and shortage of critical mechanical ventilators for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a Northwell Health phys ...

CPAP and BiPAP machines generally are used for people who suffer from sleep apnea, but could be used in the absence of conventional ventilators.