We were trained on no scope digital intubations which is one step less barbaric than blind intubation. You are pretty much assured you'll be on an extended vent if that happens. Tons of tissue damage. It's always detrimental to go in through any out hole
On Fri, Apr 10, 2020, 10:59 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > It sounds like a painful nightmare getting intubated. Tracheotomy for me > please. > > *From:* Steve Jones > *Sent:* Friday, April 10, 2020 9:51 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT One month to go > > yep, intubation is last resort. and of those 40% many will still die from > post intubation pnemonia and infection unrelated to the COVID. Even > experienced respiratory techs do a ton of laryngeal/tracheal damage upon > insertion under good conditions. Rapid Sequence Intubation is high pressure > many times under less than ideal conditions (ie coding). > Skimmed an article that theyre beginning to thing that RSI is doing more > harm than good and looking toward postitive pressure treatments akin to > CPAP/BIPAP > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 10:27 AM Carl Peterson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 40% is a pretty average survival rate for intubated patients. Great for >> Covid 19 from what I've read. >> >> On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 7:16 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On today’s Pence/Birx/Fauci show I heard someone say how wonderful it >>> was that New Orleans was reporting 40% of intubation patients coming off >>> the ventilators rather than croaking. >>> >>> >>> >>> That’s pretty scary when a 40% survival rate is great news. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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