Very interesting thoughts and topic Patrik! So far, I've only got one thought on the matter and I've written it below.
On Oct 2, 2014 6:35 AM, "Patrik D'haeseleer" <patrikd@gmail.com> wrote:
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> - They seem to be wearing isolation suits designed to protect against aerosols, but Ebola is not aerosol transmitted. Can the suits be simplified, so health workers no longer need to choose between dying of heat exhaustion of infection.
I have a very low amount of knowledge about viruses but isn't it entirely possible for it to mutate to be transmitted through the air? If so, I think I'd rather suffer in a ridiculously hot suit than take the chance of the next patient that I treat having an aerosol transmitting mutation.
Changing the suit as such would also be a huge problem if the virus did mutate as we'd have a huge percentage of doctors that would have insufficient suits for the new mutation.
For ventilation, aerosol or not, it doesn't seem like it'd be a good idea to take the air in a sick patient ward and concentrate it into a single suit for someone to breath. What about an internal active cooler of some sort?
A hacky way to do it could just be a Peltier module with the heat sync portion on the outside of the suit and a fan internally to attempt to force the cool air around? Maybe based on top of a foot? (Minimal accidental movement from swaying etc+extra weight wouldn't really be an issue) Not to mention there may be something to the "one foot out" ventilation method people use when too warm in bed!
Just some random thoughts that I had! Interested to see some others passed around!
Alex
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> Discuss!
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> Patrik
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