Some New York City hospitals are activating policies allowing doctors to not revive dying COVID-19 patients, according to a report by lisettevoytko
that NYU Langone’s head of emergency medicine advised doctors to “think more critically” about which patients should receive one of their limited number of ventilators, and that the institution would support doctors who “withhold futile intubations.
”: “There is no situation in the United States right now that warrants that kind of discussion.”. Resuscitation is seen as resource-intensive, as it requires not just many doctors, but a lot of protective gear and equipment.Just under 17%. That’s the percentage of patients who are resuscitated and get well enough to leave the hospital,
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