Exclusive: Iowa hospital uses unique method to keep COVID-19 patients off ventilators

UnityPoint doctors said a high-flow nasal therapy has kept 73% of their COVID-19 patients off ventilators. A high-flow nasal therapy machine combines oxygen and humidified water vapor to propel it through a tube in the nose. Sign up for our Newsletters “It will help them as they take a breath in. It provides fresh oxygen into the lungs,” said Julie Jackson, the respiratory therapist manager at UnityPoint. High-flow nasal therapy is not new….