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*CPAP - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XDy2i3ydX8WDu4DrDIcHxhWq0t3ud4T_KVyr_vNWaUc/edit | *CPAP - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XDy2i3ydX8WDu4DrDIcHxhWq0t3ud4T_KVyr_vNWaUc/edit | ||
*COVID room protocol - [[Powered Air-Purifying Respirator]] | *COVID room protocol - [[Powered Air-Purifying Respirator]] | ||
=Worst Case Scenario= | |||
From [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XDy2i3ydX8WDu4DrDIcHxhWq0t3ud4T_KVyr_vNWaUc/edit] - a peak of patients rushing to hospitals (beyond improvised # of IC beds). All medical personel functioning while sick. PPE's will no longer be relevant, etc, but number of beds will. and ventilators will then become an issue? | |||
Revision as of 00:47, 22 March 2020
Invasive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracheal_intubation
- Intensive Care Unit, extreme risk cases, invasive intubation
- Typically done with anaesthesia, but can be done without in extremes
- Associated devices - Intubation is normally facilitated by using a conventional laryngoscope, flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope, or video laryngoscope to identify the vocal cords and pass the tube between them into the trachea instead of into the esophagus.
Not Intubation - non-invasive mechanical ventilation
See reference for critical care procedures - in this interview - [1]
- Day 8-9 shortness of breath occurs
- Overwhelming majority get
- CPAP - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XDy2i3ydX8WDu4DrDIcHxhWq0t3ud4T_KVyr_vNWaUc/edit
- COVID room protocol - Powered Air-Purifying Respirator
Worst Case Scenario
From [2] - a peak of patients rushing to hospitals (beyond improvised # of IC beds). All medical personel functioning while sick. PPE's will no longer be relevant, etc, but number of beds will. and ventilators will then become an issue?