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From what I understood, with ARDS, it was necessary to medically induce a coma/paralysis and, in order to have highest chances of survival, required staff to mo
by thebigspacefuck 6y ago
From what I understood, with ARDS, it was necessary to medically induce a coma/paralysis and, in order to have highest chances of survival, required staff to monitor and posture patients every 8 hours.
Even if ventilator supply was not a constraint, would there be other constraints caused by staffing that would limit effectiveness of ventilators?
Note: I am NOT a doctor or involved in health or medicine in any way. My source for this information is this MedCram lecture on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okg7uq_HrhQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okg7uq_HrhQ
- carbocation 6y agoStaffing is definitely an issue as you point out, but what you’re describing is what would happen if we were to run into a capacity issue, which we likely would have without the lockdown but which we have not (at least, in MA).