What Ventilators Taught Us About Breathing

Humans’ experiences with ventilators have taught us that sighing isn’t just a way to express yourself: it’s a vital part of our everyday breathing. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Marwan Hassoun, Jb Taishoff, Bd_Tmprd, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-and-stanford-researchers-pinpoint-origin-of-sighing-reflex-in-the-brain (https://www.nature.com/articles/nature16964 ) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41583-018-0003-6.pdf https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(16)31055-7.pdf https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/0003-4975(90)90508-4/pdf https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/iron-lung https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/403323 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/14834607_The_addition_of_sighs_during_pressure_support_ventilation_Is_there_a_benefit https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1164/rccm.201109-1667PP Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poumon_artificiel.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/human-respiratory-system-diaphragm-anatomy-gm1065633994-284969625 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iron_lung_CDC.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/lungs-alveoli-on-medical-background-gm1250210316-364557786 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/medical-ventilator-machine-gm1222487889-358740596 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/pulmonary-embolism-human-lungs-gm1133011155-300588609 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/call-center-woman-sighing-gm1210029011-350376283