When a patient’s heart or breathing stops, typically all available medical personnel — between eight and 30 people — rush to begin live-saving procedures.
But resuscitating covid-19 patients may expose those health-care workers to infection.
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But resuscitating covid-19 patients may expose those health-care workers to infection.
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Hospitals on the front lines of the pandemic are privately weighing the “save at all costs” approach to resuscitating a dying patient against the danger of exposing doctors and nurses to the coronavirus.
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The conversations are driven by the realization that the risk to staff amid dwindling stores of protective equipment — such as masks, gowns and gloves — may be too great to justify the conventional response. wapo.st/39nMPAt
One Chicago hospital is discussing a universal do-not-resuscitate policy for coronavirus patients, regardless of the wishes of the patient or their family members — a wrenching decision to prioritize the lives of the many over the one. wapo.st/39nMPAt
