Emergency ventilator with removable common cover for simultaneously covering filter and battery compartment

Abstract

An emergency ventilator for artificially ventilating patients in the event of a medical emergency, including: —a housing with an ambient air suction opening and a ventilating gas outlet opening, —a fan which is designed and is arranged in the housing so as to convey ambient air from the ambient air suction opening to the ventilating gas outlet opening, —an air filter which is designed to purify suctioned ambient air and which is arranged in the housing downstream of the ambient air suction opening in the flow path of the ambient air, and —an energy storage device for supplying the fan with energy in order to operate same, wherein the air filter is received in the housing in an accessible manner through a housing opening, which is closed but can be opened by a housing cover, and so as to be replaceable in an intended manner, and the energy storage device is received in the housing in an accessible manner through the housing opening, which is closed but can be opened by the housing cover, and so as to be replaceable in an intended manner, the air filter and the energy storage device can be accessed through a common housing opening, the common housing opening being selectively closable and openable by a common housing cover.