Quick tip for families in ICU: How to reduce FIO2 during COVID ARDS so Dad can have a tracheostomy?

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Quick tip for families in intensive care: How to reduce FIO2 during COVID ARDS so my Dad can have a tracheostomy?

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Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care.

So today’s tip is about, what if a tracheostomy is delayed, especially at the moment with COVID-19 pneumonia or COVID-19 ARDS, what happens? And I have done a video about this recently in a more broader sense that currently tracheostomies are being delayed with COVID-19 pneumonia and COVID-19 ARDS. Go and check it out on my YouTube channel or on my blog, intensivecarehotline.com.

Now to today’s question, which comes from Angie.

Hi Patrik,

My question is that my dad can’t have the tracheostomy at the moment because his oxygen levels are too high at 80% with COVID pneumonia. What are the next steps? I know there is risk involved in leaving him on the ventilator with a breathing tube too long, but waiting is the only choice I have at this time.

What can the ICU do to help my dad’s oxygen levels go down besides proning him? Thankfully, his body has been strong enough so far and no extra organs have been damaged.

From Angie

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