Episode 19: Doctors of Ingenuity: Is this Portable Contagion Tent the Next Big PPE Device?

Amar Patel catches up with four physicians who invented a portable negative pressure contagion tent to protect healthcare providers as they perform aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs), such as intubation, on COVID-19 patients. Doctors Jared Staab, Jay Nachtigal and Tim Krause from University of Kansas Health System Medical and Dr. Brent Barta of Bryan Health in Lincoln, Nebraska are awaiting FDA Emergency Use Authorization for a device they believe could be used worldwide. Watch a short video to see how the tent will protect healthcare providers.