Iron lungs are very effective ventilators without the need of invasive support. Work on negative pressure.
I'd rather die than having to live in that tube for the rest of my life.
Seems like a pretty horrible existence, yeah.
There's that one guy who did, and even he pretended to enjoy his life, you could tell he was miserable.
The Man in an Iron Lung (A Polio Survivor's Story) (youtube.com)
Paul Alexander, “The Man in the Iron Lung”, passed away on March 11th, 2024. After surviving polio as a child, he lived over 70 years inside of an iron lung.