COVID-19 PPE; Secondary Pneumonia; Viral Load; Trauma Care in Fort William
Inside Health
BBC
4.4 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Margaret McCartney on COVID-19 and how the military has been deployed to get protective equipment supplies to critical care staff. Dean of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, Dr Alison Pittard tells of the difficult ethical decisions staff are facing. And Professor Carl Heneghan - suffering from COVID-19 symptoms himself - explains the importance of fast action when treating secondary pneumonia in the elderly; while Deirdre Hollingsworth explains the term "Viral Load". Plus Margaret McCartney visits the famous Belford Hospital in Fort William - specialising in hostile environment trauma - and hears a story of intense mountain rescue.
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| 0:34.5 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. Hello. Coronavirus is dominating the headlines quite rightly. |
| 0:42.3 | It is impacting everyone. |
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| 0:50.3 | This week, the evidence to treat and prevent complications of COVID-19 and what is viral load. |
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| 1:03.5 | But first, look online and there's much angst from healthcare workers about the risk of catching the virus when caring for patients. |
| 1:11.7 | So have critical care staff in the NHS got the right equipment to protect them? |
| 1:16.7 | Dr Alison Pettard is the Dean of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine. |
| 1:21.7 | No, they haven't got the right equipment at the moment. |
| 1:24.8 | There's obviously been an issue with supply of this protective equipment. |
| 1:29.9 | The government now has got adequate supplies and there is more on its way, that the issue more |
| 1:36.2 | recently has been with distribution. So in fact, the military have been drafted in to help distribute |
| 1:42.9 | supplies to those places that needed the most around the clock. |
| 1:46.7 | And obviously this is a very vexed issue. |
| 1:48.9 | You only have to look online to see lots of healthcare professionals very upset, feeling that they're not being adequately protected. |
| 1:56.0 | And you, along with colleagues from anaesthetic and intensive care societies have also expressed concern. |
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