E/R doctor schools physicians on treating Covid-19 patients (excellent read)

citizenfreepress.com ^ | 3/29/20 | ER DOCTOR

[Liz]

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[tom paine 2]

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[Chainmail]

Be interesting to see what our “the seasonal flu is much worse” crowd is saying now...

[Celtic Conservative]

In regards to chloroquine this runs counter to a lot of the other anecdotal information out there. But I noticed no mention of azithromycin or zinc which are being included in other studies.

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[DAC21]

I just saw this posted over on the iHub investment board as well.

[nathanbedford]

Very, very discouraging report indeed.

[Kozak]

I’m an ER doc with 30 years experience. Not currently working ER anymore. Last ER shift was Jan 2019 at Ft Bragg Womack Army Medical Center.
What he says rings true to me.

[wastoute]

PEEPS of 15 or more are horrific. These are very stiff lungs. Barotrauma is, I think gong to be a real problem unless they have vents that can “Jet Vent” at low pressures. Incredible. “Novel” virus indeed. I don’t ever remember using PEEPs even half this.

[Drango]

(hydroxy-chloroquine) which has weak ACE2 blockade doesn’t appear to be a savior of any kind in our patient population.

It should be clear by now that the 100's of trials launched have shown that hydroxy-chloroquine is NOT the miracle drug the world was looking for. (Yes, yes there are several positive reports, but they are few in number)

[wastoute]

Me, too. Like I said in the beginning, I remember my first malaria patient vividly.

[DAC21]

He does mention it “We are also using Azithromycin”

It’s not clear if it was in conjunction with hydroxy-chloroquine.

[wastoute]

Boy are you gong to get buried by the flubros.

[wastoute]

Just about anybody who is ventilator dependent is going to at some point end up on a drug like Zithromax.

[bramps]

I note two things after going to link:

1. No authors name.

2. The ONLY paragraphs highlighted in the article denounce Plaquenil (hydroxy-chloroquine), what Trump was hopeful about, as a solution.

[NautiNurse]

Well written, frightening assessment.

[cba123]

He does mention Azithromycin, but not zinc.

I hold onto the thought that Hydroxychloroquine is good, if it is started early, but I am not a doctor.

[metmom]

There’s no talking to them.

They’ll just blow the guy off as a fear mongerer while they freak out over how the economy downturn could potentially cause more deaths than the virus.

[nuconvert]

FWIW - Though this rings true, it has apparently been going around for a while with the city name being changed. People were speculating about its authenticity when it was posted a couple days ago

[sjm_888]

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