Take an up-close look at Ford's coronavirus-fighting respirator

Ford is building powered air-purifying respirators, PAPRs for short, to help keep medical professionals and first responders safe during the coronavirus crisis.  

Here are the basic components of this life-saving system.

Ford's PAPR is light and easy to wear.

This is the hood, which fits snugly around the wearer's head.

The main body of the respirator contains a blower fan, a battery pack, circuity and the all-important HEPA filter.

A hose easily connects to the PAPR's main body and to the hood.

This part is intended to be worn like a backpack.

Overall, it feels like Ford's PAPR weighs around five pounds. 

It is a little bulky, but this shouldn't be an issue. 

That hose connects firmly to the hood so there's no chance of it inadvertently pulling out.

Ford sent Roadshow a demonstration unit to test. This means nobody at a hospital or elsewhere is going without a respirator because we evaluated this one.

To see more photos of Ford's PAPR, keep clicking through this gallery.