Hines VA’s helmet getting results against COVID

It may look like something from a science fiction movie, but the spacesuit-like respiratory helmets at Chicago’s Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital represent the cutting edge in COVID-19 treatment.

Developed in Italy during the early 1990s, respiratory helmets, often nicknamed bubble helmets, are used in hospitals across southern Europe for patients suffering from respiratory distress but are uncommon in North America….continue reading this article here

Article and Photo by: VAntage Point Contributor

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