Only 347 of the nation’s roughly 14,750 nursing homes have specialized units dedicated to people on ventilators, an analysis shows.
The crush of COVID-19 patients is overwhelming the health care system. This is a Kaiser Health News story. As the number of COVID-19 patients climbs and health officials hunt for ventilators to treat ...
Concerns about safety, competing priorities and uncooperative patients were among the barriers identified by critical care nurses for not mobilizing intubated patients receiving mechanical ventilation ...
Intensive care unit nurses and doctors at a Canadian hospital can be seen in a now-viral online video happily dancing after a coronavirus patient was taken off a ventilator. In the 11-second clip ...
Nurses are invited to sign up for an exclusive online event covering chronic conditions and respiratory next week ...
An Ohio man who came to the Washington, D.C., area to work as a nurse treating COVID-19 patients has been on a ventilator for almost a week after falling ill from the new coronavirus himself, his ...
EL PASO, Texas -- Three separate teams of 20 military medical providers with the U.S. Air Force have now been in the Borderland for over a week providing support for fatigued medical staff. 1st Lt.
"Because he was intubated he couldn't thank them vocally, this was the only way he could think of to thank them for what they were doing," his wife said. Music is often called the universal language, ...
STORY OF ONE NURSE, WHO’S SEEING THAT TOLL FIRSTHAND. >> FROM THE SECOND KARA PURD WALKS INTO THE DEDICATED COVID ICU SHE’S HIT WITH THE STARK , REALITY OF THE PANDEMIC SURGE. >> WE CODED A PATIENT ...
Several staff members at Boone County Schools are being praised for their quick action to help save the life of one of their students.It took place Wednesday when a student's ventilator battery died ...