A bridge between life and death: Most COVID-19 patients put on ventilators will not survive

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For many, ventilators represent their last chance.

, for most COVID-19 patients the oxygen-providing apparatus will merely serve as a bridge from life to death.

At Lenox Hill Hospital on Manhattan's Upper East Side,"hope huddles" allow emergency room staffers to take a moment amid the suffering to discuss small victories – such as successful"extubations" when patients are weaned from the machines. Some patients may be on a ventilator for only a few hours or days, but experts say COVID-19 patients often remain on the ventilators for 10 days or more.

 

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I’m sure you were already aware but this is a picture of a portable suction device, not a ventilator

Lol. USA Today's statements on ventilators ('nothing to lose') should an awful lot like Trump's statements on hydrocloroquine, except hydrocloroquine seems a lot more effective. Per the article, if you need a ventilator you have an 80% chance of death.

Of those infected, what percentage of them are hospitalized? . If those hospitalized, what percentage are placed on ventilators?

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Hmm 🤔 'The reality is that the longer a person remains intubated, the chance for survival decreases,' Glatter said. 'Simply put, they are unable to be weaned off the ventilator.'

Uh... duh! That is true whether it is coronavirus, flu or a common cold that lands you on a ventilator which guess what those latter two do in a small portion of infections? Yep: Ventilator time!

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