Rigby5
Diamond Member
They’ve already been on dexamethasone and baracitinib. They’re too tired from breathing at a rate of 40, their cough is just too weak. They’ve been proning as much as they can but now they’re hard to arouse because their pCO2 is 80.
Almost everything you said can be done with someone who is unconscious. Nothing you’ve suggested is going to have an immediate benefit. Meanwhile their brain is being deprived of oxygen.
What do you do? Watch them die?
Wrong.
An unconscious person can not use an expectorant, do breathing exercises, or is easily turned even. For example, the tubes make it impossible to do a face down position.
And there are other drugs, like duvelisib, corticosteroids, etc.
They should never get to the point they are deprived of oxygen.
That takes over a week of abuse.