Posted on 04/06/2020 3:39:58 PM PDT by NRx
Boris Johnson’s move to the intensive care unit (ICU) of St Thomas’ hospital signals that he has severe Covid-19. Oxygen was available through a mask on the ward he was admitted to on Sunday, but the move to intensive care on Monday strongly suggests that was not enough to help him with the breathing problems caused by the viral pneumonia that the virus triggers.
Most people in intensive care, according to the World Health Organization, require ventilation. Around 15% of people with Covid-19 become seriously ill and need oxygen therapy in hospital. A further 5% are moved into intensive care, so that their breathing can be taken over by mechanical ventilation. Some will also need support for other organs.
Anyone who is put on a ventilator will need to be sedated, although they are not unconscious. A tube must be inserted into the patient’s windpipe, so that air and oxygen from the machine can be blown into the lungs. That takes the strain off the lungs while they recover.
Johnson, 55, is said to have been admitted to intensive care in case he should need ventilation, but 63% of those admitted to ICUs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are ventilated within the first 24 hours. Guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) say that critical care treatment for Covid-19 should be started “with a clear plan of how the treatment will address the diagnosis and lead to agreed treatment goals (outcomes)”.
Ventilation is vital in most severe Covid-19 cases, which is why there has been a huge effort to obtain more machines and even encourage engineering businesses to switch production lines to make them.
In the severest cases, patients are put on an ECMO machine (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation), which can support the heart and lungs...
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
I too hope it’s more precautionary than anything.
If they cannot save their PM....what does this say for the average UK citizen AND UK HC system??
Prayers up, for BoJo.
IIRC, the UK Health System has “Death Panels” responsible for 30-40,000 deaths a year.
Hopefully Boris can avoid those decision makers.
He’s a bit overweight so he may well be diabetic...which would put him in a high risk category.
I dont understand why he didnt take the drug combo at the beginning, maybe he didnt know things would get so bad. Boris is a good man Im praying that he will be OK..prayers for Boris
Indeed. I only accept bets on the avoidance of same.
Oh wait he's like most every other working stiff around that age run so ragged he doesn't have enough time to work out, watch his diet as well as all the other crap he has do on top of running a nation.
Boris Johnson probably did not take enough nyquil which would had helped him immensely. Like you said, too busy working because he put his country first.
Who is his deputy PM if he can no longer fulfill his duties while in ICU?
Never said he was a bad person.I was just expressing a hunch which,if correct,could explain his being moved to an ICU.
LOAD PM JOHNSON WITH HCQ AND ZINC.
Our President just sent help!
Dominic Raab, First Secretary of State
Thank you
No drug works 100% of the time. I hope you know that.
Gee - sounds like another world leader we know. Flubros will probably believe he deserves it too.
Officially First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
Reports today from England say he is on Oxygen.
That means his blood oxygen level is below 90.
Normally it would be above 94, even in an out of shape older person
How low Boris Johnson's' oxygen level is, hasn't been disclosed.
It is not a good sign. -Tom
Get that man some Trump pills!
> ... he may well be diabetic...which would put him in a high risk category.
fox news reporting 55 yo, no underlying health conditions
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