Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in the Covid -19 pandemic.

Some Trusts and now insisting that patients who are in cardiac arrest and have a suspected diagnosis of Covid 19 will not be given Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or ventilated in A&E unless the emergency department staff are wearing full personal protective equipment. This is to stop the risk of virus particles being released into the air and affecting staff attending them and other patients…

Public Health over the economy

The Government must prioritise Public Health over the economy as never before. There is an urgent need to test front line, healthcare workers. A quick serological test is essential to show who has the infection and who is immune.

What is CoVid-19 (Coronavirus), how does it Kill humans and what can the healthcare professionals do to help and what can we do to try to help ourselves?

The coronavirus is named thus as it has a “Crown of protein “, “Co” for “Corona “ and “ V” for Virus and there are several variants. The new virus was first identified on 29th Dec 2019 was named “2019 Novel Virus “, “2019nCoV”. Most colds and flus are rhino viruses, and influenza virus causes a “flu”, such as Spanish Flu which killed millions of people….