An intensive care consultant described the ‘palpable fear’ in patients who face being put on ventilators after watching others dying around them in ICU wards. Dr Richard Cree works at Middlesbrough’s James Cook University Hospital alongside his consultant wife Nicky. He has been blogging about his experiences on the Covid front line throughout the pandemic, … Read more
Nurse, 35, who was caught by the same speed camera FIVE times avoids road ban after court hears she treats Covid patients on ventilators Hayley McDonald, 35, was dealt 15 points on her licence after caught speeding She was clocked at between 57 to 59mph in temporary 50mph zone on the M62 Magistrates ruled that driving … Read more
The rush to put Covid-19 patients on mechanical ventilators at the start of the pandemic may have raised the death rate, a senior medic has said. At the start of the pandemic, just 66 per cent of people in hospital with coronavirus survived, compared to 84 per cent in August. Dr Alison Pittard, dean of … Read more
The proportion of severely ill Covid-19 patients needing to be hooked up to ventilators has more than halved since the peak of the pandemic in the spring, figures reveal. Twenty-six per cent of intensive care patients received invasive ventilation up to 24 hours after being admitted to hospital last month. But this figure was as … Read more
Thousands of ventilators bought to treat Covid-19 patients are sitting in warehouses due to a lack of demand, the spending watchdog has revealed. Ministers prioritised ‘speed over cost’, meaning they paid 50 per cent over the odds for foreign-supplied machines, the National Audit Office (NAO) found. In one case, 750 ventilators purchased at a cost of … Read more
Thousands of ventilators bought to treat Covid-19 patients are sitting in warehouses due to a lack of demand, the spending watchdog has revealed. Ministers prioritised ‘speed over cost’, meaning they paid 50 per cent over the odds for foreign-supplied machines, the National Audit Office (NAO) found. In one case, 750 ventilators purchased at a cost of … Read more
Obese children hospitalized with coronavirus are THREE TIMES more likely to need ventilators, study finds Researchers looked at 50 coronavirus pediatric patients hospitalized at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital Obesity was the most chronic health condition with 19 patients either being obese or overweight 60% of obese pediatric patients with coronavirus were characterized as having ‘severe … Read more
Fitbit is shifting its resources to help build ventilators designed to treat COVID-19 patients The Google-owned company will shift its resources into building ventilators It’s not immediately clear what the exact cost will be It says the ventilators will be ‘advanced’ but will be moderately priced Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19 By James … Read more
HEALTH NOTES: App gives voice to Covid patients on ventilators By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:00 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 16 May 2020 Covid-19 patients struggling to communicate in intensive care have been given a voice thanks to a groundbreaking new app. The program, which can be downloaded free on … Read more
Scientists discover high levels of protein in the blood could predict which coronavirus patients will need to be put on ventilators The protein, known as suPAR, is a marker of disease severity and aggressiveness as well as activating of the immune system Patients without the virus typically had suPAR levels of five ng/mL or less, … Read more