Open Source COVID19 Medical Supplies

= Facebook group of OSCMS, formerly known as the Open Source Ventilator Project.

URL = https://www.facebook.com/groups/670932227050506/

Description

Gui Cavalcanti:

"I started this group to quickly develop an open source ventilator, as it seemed obvious to me that global supplies would run out. After speaking to medical professionals all over the globe, it became even more obvious that we will quickly run out of MOST COVID19-RELATED MEDICAL SUPPLIES, and ventilators are only a small part of the problem. I have been introduced to a number of groups who are already working on open source efforts to develop ventilators and other projects. We want to help them succeed rather than to duplicate their efforts.

The biggest problems here are:

a) COVID19 is incredibly infectious, due to a 5-day incubation period with presymptomatic transmission;

b) It sends 15-20% of infected people to the hospital for respiratory failure;

c) Patients are then hospitalized for weeks. During this time, medical supplies are needed to support both patients as well as healthcare workers.

We therefore will run short of supplies (particularly with supply chain disruptions), and we will likely require alternative medical solutions globally.

OUR MISSION:

We are the largest and fastest-growing community addressing this issue head-on. Our mission is to be a virally-growing (sorry) portal that:

a) Educates as many people as possible, as accurately as possible, on problems and helpful solutions;

b) Directs volunteers of various skills and backgrounds appropriately to dedicated teams around the world;

c) Shares potential solutions to effective medical supply problems far and wide;

d) Helps coordinate local and global responses when and where appropriate.

You will see a lot of formalization and additional structure over the next few days, accordingly."