COVID RESEARCH & NEWS
OUR RESPONSE TO
WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO:
• Teams from across the University have come together to support a newly established consortium – SWARM (The South Wales Additive and Rapid Manufacturing Consortium) – in its mission to support NHS Wales’ Covid-19 response. • A team of students has developed a new rapid-release gas treatment for ambulances, which could remove Covid-19 contamination from surfaces and the air, in under twenty minutes; half the time it usually takes with human cleaning intervention. • Our Nursing, Paramedic Science and Midwifery students are working on the frontline alongside NHS staff. • A group of Swansea University Graduate Entry Medicine students have been offering emergency relief childcare for vital NHS staff. • A team of Swansea doctors and engineers have designed a new ventilator that can be built quickly from generic parts. Existing ventilator designs can be quick to build or can treat complex patients, but not both. The new design is quick and cheap to build in bulk and can also treat patients with complex needs. • The Medical School and the College of Human and Health Sciences have made their joint clinical skills suite available to the local Health Board.
University staff have been rallying together to donate essential PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to the local hospital.
FIND OUT MORE:
See how the University is supporting the global effort: swan.ac/covid-19 #WeAreTogether #OurSwansea
Students and staff are using the University’s state-of-the-art 3D printers to produce visors and face shields for NHS and frontline workers.
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