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"It's burning, every day counts" - intensive care physicians stunned by the cancellation of the Corona summit

2021-04-09T09:19:37.213Z


The third corona wave is putting hospitals under pressure. About 4500 Covid-19 patients have to be treated in the intensive care unit. Intensive care physicians are concerned about the corona situation.


The third corona wave is putting hospitals under pressure.

About 4500 Covid-19 patients have to be treated in the intensive care unit.

Intensive care physicians are concerned about the corona situation.

Update from April 8th, 10:45 am

: “It's on fire,” emphasizes DIVI boss Gernot Marx.

Portugal and Greece have shown that a hard lockdown has a positive effect.

Whether the corona mutation B.1.1.7 would already show up in the intensive care units cannot yet be scientifically valid.

There are younger patients in different locations with severe courses and long periods of hospitalization.

"It is a very disappointing situation that the Prime Minister's Conference was canceled," says Marx.

“We need decisions.

We need a tough lockdown, at least two to three weeks. "

"We will only see the measures that are being taken today in 10-12 to 14 days," Marx had previously expressly emphasized.

Update from April 8, 10:38 a.m

.: The burden on nurses on the wards is enormous, says Prof. Dr.

med.

Uwe Janssens, Past President of DIVI.

Only a hard lockdown could prevent further dramatic psychological and physical strain on the nursing staff.

There is a lack of strength in intensive care medicine.

9,000 employees quit in the pandemic.

And in view of the number of infections today, 350 to 750 Covid-19 patients can be expected in the intensive care units in 14 days.

Update from April 8, 10.14 a.m

.: "Some hospitals can no longer accept emergencies," explains Prof. Dr.

med.

Christian Karagiannidis, head of the DIVI intensive care register.

It is about heart attacks or serious traffic accidents.

According to Karagiannidis, there are hardly any beds available for Covid patients in Bremen.

In Thuringia only one bed would be free.

Nursing staff and doctors are lacking.

That puts the hospitals in a difficult position.

The capacities will soon be exhausted.

The intensive care doctor makes it clear that no hospital would have dismantled intensive care beds.

"Nursing staff determine how many intensive care beds we can operate."

Update from April 8th, 10:09 am

: "Every day counts", emphasizes Prof. Dr.

med.

Gernot Marx, President of DIVI.

"We are calling for a tough lockdown and a nationwide approach".

There is no time to relax.

The numbers have increased tremendously.

Germany is heading towards 5000 patients.

Update from April 8, 10:04 a.m

.: Looking at the numbers, the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive and Emergency Medicine (DIVI) has invited to a virtual press conference at short notice.

Intensive care physicians demand: We need a hard lockdown - more and more corona patients on the wards

Berlin - The beds in the intensive care units are full.

There are now 4,468 corona patients in an intensive care unit in Germany.

2531 of them have to be artificially ventilated.

This can be seen from the data in the DIVI intensive care register (as of April 8, 9.48 a.m.).

There are still free beds, but experienced medical staff are required to care for Covid 19 patients.

Nurses have been working on the attack since the pandemic.

Intensive care physicians are demanding a tough lockdown

For weeks, intensive care medics have been calling for a tough lockdown to avert the worst.

At the beginning of January 2021, the number of Covid intensive care patients had reached a peak in Germany with more than 5,500 cases.

When the second corona wave subsided in March, there were fewer than 3,000 patients.

The current status of 4,468 corona patients indicates a tense situation.

The German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI) invites you to a virtual press conference.

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Source: merkur

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