Formula 1's efforts to combat COVID-19 have already started to bear fruit, with Mercedes assisting in the development of a breathing aid that helps keep patients out of intensive care. Mercedes have been working in  collaboration with University College London to develop and build a breathing aid without the need of a ventilator. The solution? The ‘Continuous Positive Airway Pressure device', CPAP for short. CPAP has already been approved by the NHS in the UK with the technology already in use in China and Italy. Both nations have been declared by the World Health Organisation as the epicentre of the pandemic. The CPAP works by pushing a steady flow of oxygen rich air into the mouth...
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