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Originally Posted by stocktake
It's funny how your perspective changes when you see so many people needlessly die from this, first hand, in person!...
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This ^^^^
When I'm working in the Covid ICU, I've seen patients from their early 30's upwards, conscious, with what is easiest to describe as a firfighters BA kit, on gasping for breath, terrified and in tears.
Patients can only sustain this for so long then become exhausted and unable to breathe for themselves.
At this point they then have to be put into a induced coma, be intubated, and put onto a ventilator, where over time, and with intensive care, and if strong enough their immune system can beat the virus, and they can be brought round and extubated although some do then relapse if the virus re-emerges.
If not, the virus overwhelms them and they go into multi organ failure and sadly die.
Staff try (and I know this seems cold) to stay detatched emotionally, but when a patient is gasping for breath and pleading with you not to let them die, its heartrending and the emotional toll on some of us frontline staff will last for years.
Trouble is these deniers don't see this playing out every day and night in hospitals everywhere.
I volunteered to work in Covid ICU as a Critical Care Assistant and have learned so much and gained a lot of confidence but hours in full PPE (Hooded type boiler suit, goggles, respirator, double rubber gloved and overshoes) is horrible.