Articles for Critically Ill Patients

SA Ambulance Service misses its target for reaching critically ill patients for the first time
2 years, 1 month ago

SA Ambulance Service misses its target for reaching critically ill patients for the first time

ABC  

South Australia's ambulance service has missed its own target for responding to patients in life-threatening conditions for the first time. Key points: The service failed to meet its target for responding to the most critically ill patients last financial year It is the first time it has happened The service aims to get to priority 1 cases in eight minutes …

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COVID- Delhi High Court Issue Directions To Ensure Immediate Availability Of Tocilizumab For Critically Ill Patients
3 years, 8 months ago

COVID- Delhi High Court Issue Directions To Ensure Immediate Availability Of Tocilizumab For Critically Ill Patients

Live Law  

While observing that the lack of supplies from foreign shores and no local manufacturing of the covid drug Tocilizumab is completely unacceptable in the pandemic situation, the Delhi High Court on Monday issued slew of directions for its availability in India. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Pratibha M Singh directed the Centre to inform the Court about the …

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Jadeja, Raina urge people to follow COVID-19 guidelines, Dhawan appeals for plasma donation
3 years, 8 months ago

Jadeja, Raina urge people to follow COVID-19 guidelines, Dhawan appeals for plasma donation

India TV News  

Indian Premier League team Delhi Capitals opener Shikhar Dhawan on Saturday appealed to Covid-19 survivors to come forward and donate their blood plasma so that the lives of the critically ill patients could be saved. Alarmed by the rate of Covid-19 spread across the country, DC recently launched a campaign for people, who have recovered from the disease, to come …

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Cardiac Arrest Common in Critically Ill Patients With Covid-19: Study
4 years, 3 months ago

Cardiac Arrest Common in Critically Ill Patients With Covid-19: Study

News 18  

Scientists have found that cardiac arrest is common among critically ill patients with COVID-19, and is associated with poor survival, particularly among those aged 80 or older, an advance that may help guide end-of-life care discussions in people severely affected by the coronavirus infection. According to the study, 701 of the patients had in-hospital cardiac arrest within 14 days of …

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WHO sees ‘green shoots of hope’ in coronavirus pandemic: Live
4 years, 6 months ago

WHO sees ‘green shoots of hope’ in coronavirus pandemic: Live

Al Jazeera  

Despite cases still accelerating globally, WHO chief says steroid-based treatment holds promise in fight against virus. 16:49 GMT – New York marks record low in number of cases and deaths New York city reported on Tuesday 17 new fatalities, a record low since the start of the coronavirus outbreak. — Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo June 17, 2020 16:10 GMT – …

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Recovered Tablighi Jamaat Members To Donate Plasma To Critically Ill Patients: Report
4 years, 8 months ago

Recovered Tablighi Jamaat Members To Donate Plasma To Critically Ill Patients: Report

ABP News  

New Delhi: After vilification of Tablighi Jamaat’s lax attitude toward social distancing during the lockdown and news about the increase of coronavirus cases in many places across the country due to Jamaat returnees, it seems that that the controversial religious group's members may become a ray of hope to many critically ill patients. Another report by The Hindu has said …

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Ethical dilemmas in the age of coronavirus: Whose lives should we save?
4 years, 9 months ago

Ethical dilemmas in the age of coronavirus: Whose lives should we save?

LA Times  

This ward at Evergreen Health in Kirkland, Wash., is set up to care for patients who have tested positive for COVID-19. Many experts fear the coronavirus pandemic will so overwhelm the U.S. healthcare system that medical professionals will have to decide how to allocate limited resources among critically ill patients. Even if critical cases were spread out over several months, …

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Convalescent plasma therapy tested on critically ill COVID-19 patients
4 years, 10 months ago

Convalescent plasma therapy tested on critically ill COVID-19 patients

The Hindu  

In the absence of any preventive vaccine or specific antivirals for treating COVID-19 patients infected with the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, a pharmaceutical company in China has turned to plasma taken from people who have recovered from the infection to treat critically ill patients. The company had collected plasma from some recovered patients to prepare therapeutic products including convalescent plasma and …

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