Dad’s in ICU ventilated and in induced coma with COVID-19 does he need a tracheostomy?

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Quick tip for families in intensive care: Dad’s in ICU ventilated and in induced coma with COVID-19 does he need a tracheostomy?

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

So, Rodney sent us an email and he writes in and he says, my dad is in the ICU from COVID-19 and he’s in an altered mental status. He’s on a ventilator at the lowest setting and can breathe on his own. But being weak from being in ICU, they are worried. He can’t keep down secretions and he’s not fully waking up. He opens his eyes and makes grimaces, he’s not sedated at all. What can we do to help him wake up and get off the ventilator?

What a great question, Rodney and that’s the situation many COVID-19 patients are currently facing. They get in ICU, get intubated, get in an induced coma, and then they can’t wake up and they can’t come off the ventilator. So what can you do to help him and get him off the ventilator?

So there’s a number of things that are going to happen if he can’t get off the ventilator, let’s look at them first.

First of all, your dad might end up with a tracheostomy, which is a breathing tube in the neck and you want to avoid that at all costs. At the same time, about the two-week mark, which is where your dad is at, a tracheostomy is actually recommended.

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