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The medical world treated Covid — which is mild! — like the fucking plague, refusing to treat Covid patients until the entire kitchen sink of useless PPE was in place:
“If a patient with suspected covid- 19 is in cardiac arrest they should be given cardiac compressions and be ventilated only if they are in the emergency department and the person attending them is wearing aerosol generating procedures (AGP) PPE. That means wearing an FFP3 mask, full gown with long sleeves, gloves, and eye protection.
The advice rests on the premise that performing cardiac compressions risks virus particles being released into the air that could infect staff.
In an email to staff, Nick Crombie, associate medical director and trauma anaesthetist at the trust, acknowledged that there was unease about the new policy. But he said that the covid-19 pandemic was a major situation that required action that would be unthinkable in different circumstances.
"Every patient we see could potentially not only harm us but, remotely, our families. In this situation, we are the front line and we have to get into the mindset of putting our own safety first. We HAVE to be safe," he wrote. "This is not about lack of PPE or money." “
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2024-02-22 14:04:18Event JSON
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