Nobody is doing it correctly, because even the majority of the ones that recover are/will have issues down the road.
Many have to go for rehab, physical therapy, occupational therapy, or shortening of their lifespan Because of the disease.
Unfortunately.
A Dr’s notes:
“I did have ONE patient who was extubated, which I was excited about. Yeah!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😀
“What, this patient was extubated?” my heart filled with joy as I clicked around the medical record trying to find the most recent progress note. [click, click, click] so many clicks, trying to find the information!
“Oh here it is!” I said with a smile on my face. The note said, patient is on 5L of nasal cannula.
“That’s amazing! I’m so happy for this 50-year-old man!” I told my co-workers, “his family must be so happy!”
“Wait, Wait… what is this?”... as I read further my heart filled with fear and an uneasiness. The note read: “Patient continues to hallucinate and sees wolves in the chair”
“Oh maybe that’s just a prolonged medication effect from being intubated for weeks,” I reasoned using my medical background, “that should wear off soon.”
But as I delved deeper into the medical chart, the prognosis only became more grim. His neurological exam mentioned that he had left sided neglect from hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, meaning that he had brain injury from not having enough oxygen to his brain. This is usually seen in patients who have strokes or cardiac arrest.
“I was devastated! Even the patients that are extubated are not having good clinical outcomes. The left part of the world does not exist for this patient. He will be unable to drive and likely unable to even dress himself.”
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So, NO, it’s not at all like the flu.
Get it through your heads already.
