When you’re an asthmatic person, you always need to have a nebulizer with you because there might be instances wherein you may find yourself having difficulty breathing – particularly if you’re extremely anxious or nervous.
A nebulizer is a drug delivery device that is used to administer medication in the form of a mist inhaled into the lungs. Nebulizers are used for the treatment of cystic fibrosis, asthma, COPD and other respiratory diseases or disorders.
How does a nebulizer work? These devices use oxygen, compressed air, or ultrasonic power to break up the solution and suspensions into small aerosol droplets that can be directly inhaled from the device’s mouthpiece. Sounds like a complicated device, yes? Well, this next part will blow your mind.
A heroic doctor named Dr. Khurshid Guru fashioned an improvised nebulizer in order to save an asthmatic toddler while aboard a plane. Dr. Guru is a robotic surgery doctor from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute. He was one of the passengers of an Air Canada flight from Spain to the United States.
The flight took 7 hours in total but around the 4-hour mark, a toddler was having a hard time breathing properly. The toddler was reportedly suffering from an asthma attack and, unfortunately, had no medication with him. Even though Dr. Guru was not a pediatrician, he attempted to help the toddler.
The plane has a nebulizer onboard but it was meant to be used by adults. This prompted the doctor to improvise a nebulizer for the toddler. He used an oxygen tank, a plastic bottle, a cup, and electrical tape.
Dr. Guru attached the oxygen tank and the inhaler to the plastic bottle. Fortunately, the doctor’s improvised nebulizer worked as the toddler showed marked improvement in breathing after less than an hour!
Amazing, isn’t it? Here is the whole video report for your reference:
Wow! What do you think Dr. Guru’s improvised nebulizer? Pretty ingenious, huh?
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