page_title: Iron lung
hierarchical_section_title: Iron lung
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Diese Fotografie zeigt eine geöffnete künstliche Beatmungsmaschine, die allgemein als die Eiserne Lunge bekannt ist. In den 50-iger Jahren waren Polio-Patienten aufgrund der Lähmungen durch Polioviren zur Aufrechterhaltung der Atmung von diesen Geräten abhängig. Diese Eiserne Lunge wurde der 'CDC’s Global Health Odyssey' von der Familie des Polio-Patienten Mr. Barton Hebert aus Covington in Louisiana gespendet, der das Gerät von den späten 50-igern bis zu seinem Tod 2003 nutzte. English: This photograph shows an opened artificial respirator commonly known as the iron lung. Polio patients of the 1950s depended on these devices to breathe after being paralyzed with this devastating virus. This iron lung was donated to the CDC’s Global Health Odyssey by the family of polio patient Mr. Barton Hebert of Covington, Louisiana, who’d used the device from the late 1950s until his death in 2003. Español: Un pulmón de acero Emerson. El paciente se acuesta dentro de la cámara, que cuando se cierra provee una efectiva presión atmosférica. Esta máquina tan particular fue donada al Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Museum por la familia del paciente de poliomielitis Barton Hebert de Covington, Louisiana, quien usó el aparato desde finales de los años 1950 hasta su muerte en 2003. Français&#160;: Un poumon d'acier. Le patient est couché dans la chambre, qui une fois fermée permet d'obtenir une oscillation de pression atmosphérique. Italiano: Un polmone di acciaio. Il paziente si sdraia nella macchina, che dopo la chiusura sarà sottoposta all'azione meccanica delle pompe. La testa ne rimarrà fuori. Polski: Żelazne płuco. Żelazne płuco. Pacjent leży wewnątrz komory, która po uszczelnieniu potrafi zapewnić efektywne oscylacje ciśnienia powietrza. To urządzenie było używane przez Bartona Heberta z Covington w Luizjanie, który używał go od lat 50., aż do śmierci w 2003 roku. עברית: ריאת ברזל.
context_page_description: An iron lung, also known as a tank ventilator or Drinker tank, is a type of negative pressure ventilator; a mechanical respirator which encloses most of a person's body, and varies the air pressure in the enclosed space, to stimulate breathing. It assists breathing when muscle control is lost, or the work of breathing exceeds the person's ability. Need for this treatment may result from diseases including polio and botulism and certain poisons.
  The use of iron lungs is largely obsolete in modern medicine, as superior breathing therapies have been developed, and due to the eradication of polio in most of the world. However, in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic revived some interest in the device as a cheap, readily-producible substitute for positive-pressure ventilators, which were feared to be outnumbered by potential victims temporarily needing artificially assisted respiration.
context_section_description: An iron lung, also known as a tank ventilator or Drinker tank, is a type of negative pressure ventilator (NPV); a mechanical respirator which encloses most of a person's body, and varies the air pressure in the enclosed space, to stimulate breathing. It assists breathing when muscle control is lost, or the work of breathing exceeds the person's ability. Need for this treatment may result from diseases including polio and botulism and certain poisons (for example, barbiturates, tubocurarine).
  The use of iron lungs is largely obsolete in modern medicine, as superior breathing therapies have been developed, and due to the eradication of polio in most of the world. However, in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic revived some interest in the device as a cheap, readily-producible substitute for positive-pressure ventilators, which were feared to be outnumbered by potential victims temporarily needing artificially assisted respiration.
caption: An Emerson iron lung. The patient lies within the chamber, which when sealed provides an effectively oscillating atmospheric pressure.[1][2] This particular machine was donated to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Museum by the family of poliomyelitis patient Barton Hebert of Covington, Louisiana, who had used the device from the late 1950s until his death in 2003.
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