VENTILATORS killed COVID patients! Do not forget that! 80% of NYC's coronavirus patients who are put on ventilators ultimately die, and some doctors are/were trying to stop using them

April 2020 Study Found That Most New York Covid Patients on Ventilators Died; Mortality rates for those who received mechanical ventilation in the 18-to-65 and older-than-65 age groups were 76.4%

In most instances, not ventilators, but ‘baby’ oxygenation, gentle oxygen, tender as lungs were so under so much trauma. We even were working on ‘permissive hypoxemia which is a conservative oxygenation strategy (aimed target SpO₂ 88–92%) to a traditional, liberal strategy (aimed target SpO₂ 96%)’ where people with even lower blood oxygen levels would not be placed on aggressive oxygen but on gentle facemask ‘as needed’ and allowed to be in a hypoxemic state once in the right setting even at home with the right support and oxygen available if needed.

While a serious beneficial tool when used appropriately, the intubation and ventilation can also be deadly as can cause ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), bacterial pneumonia.

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Mortality rates for those who received mechanical ventilation in the 18-to-65 and older-than-65 age groups were 76.4% and 97.2%, respectively. Mortality rates for those in the 18-to-65 and older-than-65 age groups who did not receive mechanical ventilation were 1.98% and 26.6%, respectively. 

• Some doctors are/were trying to reduce their reliance on ventilators for coronavirus patients because of reports of abnormally high death rates for patients using the machines, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday.

• New York City officials have said at least 80% of coronavirus patients who were on ventilators in the city died, the AP reported. Unusually high death rates have also been recorded elsewhere in the US and the world.

• Ventilators are typically used only for the worst-affected patients, and there are no drugs approved to treat COVID-19, so this could help explain the higher death rate.

• But doctors have also said ventilators can damage the lungs — and while the machines may be an effective way to treat other respiratory illnesses, some are looking for alternative treatments.

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