Talk:Resuscitator

External link to a blog

While I generally refrain from referencing blogs, I believe that the blog page listed in External links -- "1907: The first mechanical ventilator: The Pulmotor," John Bottrell (registered respiratory therapist), April 19, 2017, Asthma History blog, retrieved April 12, 2020 -- is a reasonably valid and valuable reference because:

• The blog's author is (at least by his own identification, which appears credible and not extraordinary) a "registered respiratory therapist" -- professional qualification appropriate to the topic.
• The "Pulmotor" is an item from long ago, for which there is relatively little photographic or early-source reference online.
• The article contains detailed photography of actual manufacturers' and distributors' public representations of the Pulmotor.
• The blog provides a collection of technical and historical detail beyond what is commonly available online, in any one place, but is generally consistent with the limited bits of info scattered across various other, more traditional, sources.
• The product under discussion is out-of-production, and out-of-use, long, long ago -- and thus there is no plausible conflict-of-interest that any current author is likely to have regarding this topic (with the exception of the corporation that invented the Pulmotor, Drager, whose detailed online booklet is listed in "External links").

~ Penlite (talk) 12:59, 14 April 2020 (UTC)