Longest iron lung patient
- Quién
- Paul Alexander
- Qué
- 71 year(s)
- Dónde
- United States (Dallas)
- Cuándo
- July 1952
The longest period for a person to make daily use of a negative-pressure ventilator (or "iron lung") is 71 years, set by Paul Alexander of Texas, USA, who was placed in an iron lung in July 1952 after being paralyzed by polio.