The damage done to his body before he needed a vent leads to poor outcomes.
You crash your car in a lake, you inhale water- someone pulls you out and does CPR. Yet, how long were you without oxygen? People can survive better if it was freezing water, but people can end up with brain damage.
This same damage to your body happens when you have consistent low oxygen levels. You just halved your oxygen needs for an hour and killed brain cells, the clock is ticking. Your cardiac function is declining, heart is starving for oxygen.
That damage is already done, you have to wait and see if the body can repair itself.
If you’ve gone too long without oxygen, and have other damage going on from an infection - needing the vent is a sign you aren’t doing well because it’s literally the last thing that can be done to restore oxygen levels.
There is no alternative.
Maybe someone will come up with a better option. High flow oxygen wasn’t in use before and that’s keeping people off vents.
Sometimes it us that need to solve problems. Some smart doctor or scientist needs to come up with a better treatment, but like I said, if you need that treatment it means your body is in crisis and damage has been done.
The damage done to his body before he needed a vent leads to poor outcomes.
You crash your car in a lake, you inhale water- someone pulls you out and does CPR. Yet, how long were you without oxygen? People can survive better if it was freezing water, but people can end up with brain damage.
This same damage to your body happens when you have consistent low oxygen levels. You just halved your oxygen needs for an hour and killed brain cells, the clock is ticking. Your cardiac function is declining, heart is starving for oxygen.
That damage is already done, you have to wait and see if the body can repair itself.
If you’ve gone too long without oxygen, and have other damage going on from an infection - needing the vent is a sign you aren’t doing well because it’s literally the last thing that can be done to restore oxygen levels.
There is no alternative.
Maybe someone will come up with a better option. High flow oxygen wasn’t in use before and that’s keeping people off vents.
Sometimes it us that need to solve problems. Some smart doctor or scientist needs to come up with a better treatment, but like I said, if you need that treatment it means your body is in crisis and damage has been done.