Coronavirus, Nurse switches off ventilator so patient could calm die

Coronavirus, Nurse switches off ventilator so patient could calm die

 

Nurse switches off ventilator

Patients with Covid 19 who have a life-threatening condition if they will receive a ventilator can save life them.With the help of a ventilator, they can be removed from the mouth of death. When patients are unable to breathe on their own, ventilator can provide oxygen to the patient's lungs and remove carbon dioxide. But with the help of a ventilator, it is not possible to save a corona virus patient. This is why medical staff around the world are having to make some difficult 

Ventilator button difficult task

decisions. One of these decisions is to close the ventilator if the patient's condition does not improve. "Turning off the ventilator button is a difficult task," said Jeanita Nittala, ICU chief nurse at the Royal Free Hospital intensive care ward in London. Sometimes I feel like I'm 

responsible for someone's death. ' Born in South India, Nittala has been working as a specialist nurse for the past 16 years at ICU in the National Institutes of Health, the NHS. "Closing the ventilator is also part of my profession," said 42-year-old Nittala. On a busy morning in the second

 week of April, when Nittala arrived on her shift, she had to close the ventilator of a patient treated with Covid 19, according to the ICU register. The patient was a community health nurse and was over 50 years old.Nittala explained to the patient's daughter about the procedure. "I explained to 

her that her mother had no pain," Nittala said.They are sleeping comfortably.I asked about their mother's wishes and their religious rituals. ' Beds are placed one after the other in the ICU.There were other patients around this patient who were seriously ill and were unconscious. "The nurse was there,

Patient in critical condition

 where eight beds were," said Nittala.All the patients there were in critical condition. I knocked the curtain off and all the alarms switch off. ' They felt as if the entire medical team had stopped for a moment. The nurses stopped talking to each other, Nittala added.Respecting patients and their 

services is our top priority. ' Nittala then placed a phone near the patient and said her daughter to speak. Regarding the phone call, Nittala said, "There was only one phone call for me, but for the family of the victim it is very important. They wanted to make a video call but unfortunately carrying a mobile phone inside the ICU is not allowed.At the insistence of the patient's family, Nittala 

played a specific music video on the computer. Nittala then switched off the button to close the ventilator. 'I was sitting in the armpit waiting for them to pass away,' Nittala said. The medical team decides to provide breathing support and stop treatment.It takes into account the patient's age, health condition, treatment effect and expectation of recovery. The patient died five minutes

The daughter of the patient

after Nittala's ventilator button was turned off."I was watching the flashing light on the monitor," Nittala said. The straight line appears on the screen after the heart rate is zero. ' Nittala then removed the medicine tube in the body.The daughter of the patient was constantly talking on the phone.She was also praying on the phone. Placing stones on her heart, Nittala told her that her mother was now

 out of this world. Nittala is one of the nurses whose responsibility does not end even after the patient dies. She said: 'With one of my colleagues, I gave him a bath on the bed, wrapped him in a white shroud.Put his dead body in a body bag. Make a cross mark on their forehead before closing 

Coronavirus patients

the bag. ' Doctors and relatives of the patient spoke face-to-face about discontinuing treatment before the Corona virus.Patients' relatives were allowed into the ICU before close life support. But this is not happening in most parts of the world. Nittala sees such patients, even trying to help them 

recover from the virus and recovering because 'seeing someone die alone like this is a very painful process.' Nittala watches patients struggling to breathe and sees them tremble.And to see all this is a very painful thing.Due to the increasing number of patients in hospitals, 34 beds have been increased in the intensive care ward.Now there are 60 beds installed and all of them are patient.

There are 175 nurses in the ICU to care for patients 24 hours a day. "Usually a nurse is placed in a ICU with a patient," said Nittala. But now, on average, there is a nurse for three patients. A nurse is kept for six patients when conditions deteriorate. ' Some of the nurses on her team 

Coronavirus symptoms

showed symptoms of the corona virus, after which the nurses were sent into isolation.Training is being given to recruit new nurses in hospitals. “Before the shift begins, we shake hands and ask each other to take care of us and to be secure. We make sure everyone is wearing gloves, masks and 

protective equipment. ' Nittala says serving the dead has helped them cope with the crisis. One death is occurring every day in the UK's ICU.Is far higher than the before global outbreak. 'It's very difficult.Sometimes you have to hide your fears.I also have nightmares, have trouble sleeping.I'm 

afraid won't virus infection.Everyone is scared. ' Last year, she had been home for several months due to TB.They know how weak their lungs are. Jeanita Nittala has been asked to work from home because her own health is at stake. She has said she will try to help with the house by working on administrative issues.

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