Brief thread on the deadly overuse of ventilators, which killed many hospitalised Covid patients. Contemporary treatment guidelines from New York-Presbyterian hospital (published 22 March 2020) shed a lot on these procedures and their purpose. https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/media/documents/2020-06/nypguidelines_respiratorysupport_suspected_confirmed_covid-19ptnon-invasivevent.pdf …https://twitter.com/eugyppius1/status/1397254215886585862 …
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Swabs often took days, the diagnosis was made clinically because they walked in with SpO2 60-70s%. The hi PEEPs were according to the incomplete knowledge at the time. Yes, many were obstinate and too slow to realize. I realized quick. But I would not call them selfish.
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And do not conflate those idiotic nurses with the physicians making the decisions. Most were not dancing
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