Remotely controlled ventilators, it is time

In this issue we read with interest the article by Cabbat and Cho explaining the benefits of implementing wireless technology to control mechanical ventilators. In full agreement with them, especially in this unprecedented time where we are confronted in the ICU with a highly infectious virus, I think the time has come for us to be able to control the ventilator remotely, at least from the outside of the patient room. In this era of COVID-19 underscored by a shortage of clinicians and PPEs, this remotely controlled ventilator makes so much sense for all the reasons they highlighted. Additionally, in our current era of technological advances, almost any devices we use in our daily life has the option of being remotely controlled. Imagine purchasing a television and having to manually change and pick among channels much like we did 40 years ago.