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Ventilator Users

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Vent-Users-List

Online. Provides a forum for people who require a ventilator (respirator) to breathe to support and communicate with others who share the same condition.
Website: http://www.makoa.org/ventuser.htm
Verified: 11/10/2007

International Ventilator Users Network

International network. Founded 1987. Information sharing between ventilator users and health care professionals experienced in home mechanical ventilation. Annual directory ($12). Quarterly newsletter (free with membership dues of $30).
Write:
International Ventilator Users Network
4207 Lindell Blvd., Suite110
St. Louis, MO 63108-2030
Voice: 314-534-0475
Fax: 314-534-5070
Website: http://www.post-polio.org/ivun
E-mail: ventinfo@post-polio.org
Verified: 4/30/2008

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