(Mar 21, 2020 07:57 PM)stryder Wrote: A question I'd ask is in regards to those that catch the virus and survive. If they had the cough and breathing problems I wonder as to how much permanent damage is actually done to their lungs? To my knowledge I've not heard any governments strategizing on how to deal with the survivors in the future since they could well require future medical treatment and support for years to come, even after the virus has gone dormant.
After recovery (from the worst cases?) there can be
reduced lung function; and somewhere in the past seems like I noticed mention of possible cardiovascular damage. But to what degree those impairments are truly "permanent" may be waiting for the future to settle yet.
How and where to allocate stockpiled ventilators during a pandemic
https://home.liebertpub.com/news/how-and...demic/3669
RELEASE: Key factors must be taken into account in determining the need for and allocation of scarce ventilators during a severe pandemic, especially one causing respiratory illness. Strategies to help state and local planners in allocating stockpiled ventilators to healthcare facilities, including pre-pandemic actions and actions to be taken during the pandemic, are detailed in a timely article published in Health Security, a peer-reviewed journal from by
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. ...
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Health Security website.
Lisa Koonin, Health Preparedness Partners, and colleagues from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, GA), coauthored the article entitled "
Strategies to Inform Allocation of Stockpiled Ventilators to Healthcare Facilities During a Pandemic." Prior to a pandemic, planners should determine existing inventories and facilities' ability to make use of additional ventilators in the event of a public health emergency. This information needs to be updated at the time of a pandemic. Determining where to allocate stockpiled ventilators should be based on an assessment of need, the consideration of ethical principles discussed in the article, the ability of facilities to absorb additional ventilators, and the ability to ensure access to ventilators for vulnerable or high-risk populations.
"Ventilators will be pivotal to saving countless lives in this COVID pandemic. Understanding CDC's plans and recommendations for state and local planners around ventilator management in this kind of crisis will be key for helping them make decisions under very difficult conditions," says Editor-in-Chief Thomas V. Inglesby, MD, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Baltimore, MD.