Healthcare heroes: How one Syracuse hospital learned to fight COVID-19
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At first, Dr. Douglas Fetterman was struck by how COVID-19 defied the treatments that had worked well on seemingly similar viruses in the past. He also worried that the burden of care might overwhelm his staff.
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‘The power of collaborative teamwork across nations is key’
Critical-Care doctors from St. Joseph’s hospital share how they fought the pandemic, with help from around the world
In terms of contagious disease, COVID-19 may have posed the biggest threat to human life in 100 years. Practices that had worked with previous coronaviruses worked less well, or not at all. Across the globe medical caregivers had to learn how best to treat it, even as patients were filling hospital beds. Members of the critical care team at St. Joseph’s Health Hospital in Syracuse shared their recollections of how they adapted, and their thoughts on lessons learned. Doctors included:
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Olga Zand, M.D., FAAP, a board-certified, pediatric intensivist and pediatric hospitalist, will serve as director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for Nemours at Lakeland Regional Health. Zand completed her fellowship in pediatric critical care at Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo – State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine. She completed a res
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Prone position can improve oxygen levels
Doctors have put patients in prone positions for a long time while treating them for Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
New Delhi: Amidst the rising cases of coronavirus in the country and reports of acute shortage of oxygen cylinders is sending people into a tizzy. A lot of posts on social media are sharing tips and hacks to manage the virus while home quarantining.
One such hack that is doing the rounds on the internet is to lie down in a prone position or to lie down on your stomach with your chest expanded to increase your oxygen levels.