COVID-19 incorrect ventilator settings?
Posted: Sun 05 Apr 2020, 16:08
I don't know yet if Dr Kyle-Sidell is a real person, but if so these two recent videos are worth a look.
The first video is a very short plea for people to consider that this disease is not behaving like other illnesses and the current treatment paradigm may be incorrect.
The second video is more detailed with regard to the possibility that incorrect pressure and oxygen rate programming of the ventilators may lead to lung damage and worse outcomes. He makes a plea for doctors to treat this as a new disease rather than a viral pneumonia - which he says does not normally behave this way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3ka8lo_fZ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9GYTc53r2o
If he is correct (and not a bogus hoax) then we need to look for other non-ventilator treatments for some patients. I see that there are some reports that success is being achieved with hyparbaric oxygen chamber treatments.
...and here is some commentary from another ED doctor talking about the pressures they face in treating COVID:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGnxNsKtkjI
Really takes it's toll on the medical staff.
The first video is a very short plea for people to consider that this disease is not behaving like other illnesses and the current treatment paradigm may be incorrect.
The second video is more detailed with regard to the possibility that incorrect pressure and oxygen rate programming of the ventilators may lead to lung damage and worse outcomes. He makes a plea for doctors to treat this as a new disease rather than a viral pneumonia - which he says does not normally behave this way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3ka8lo_fZ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9GYTc53r2o
If he is correct (and not a bogus hoax) then we need to look for other non-ventilator treatments for some patients. I see that there are some reports that success is being achieved with hyparbaric oxygen chamber treatments.
...and here is some commentary from another ED doctor talking about the pressures they face in treating COVID:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGnxNsKtkjI
Really takes it's toll on the medical staff.