Hospital intensive care no busier than normal, leaked documents show
Critcon levels 3 and 4 are enacted during a ‘full stretch’ and ‘emergency’, when other wards need to be used...
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Traumatised intensive care nurses ‘sectioned’ in wake of first wave
In April, three front line staff were pictured wearing clinical waste bags on their heads and feet due to a...
How data from intensive care units shows second wave won’t be as deadly as the first
Experts believe treatment improvements are starting to have a major impact – particularly the steroid dexamethasone, which prevents the devastating...
Coronavirus treatment from Synairgen hailed as ‘game changer’ after trial results show need for intensive care vastly reduced
Richard Marsden, CEO of Synairgen, said: "We are all delighted with the trial results announced today, which showed that SNG001...
Just 71 children have been admitted to intensive care units with coronavirus, first figures show
Seventy-one children have been admitted to the UK's intensive care units with Covid-19, of whom half had an underlying health...
Largest hospital trust is first with no Covid patients in intensive care
The largest hospital trust in England has become the first to declare it has no Covid-19 patients requiring treatment in...
‘Proning’ technique backed by Intensive Care Society to save lives in coronavirus crisis
Nick Scriven, of the Society for Acute Medicine, said his hospital was proning conscious patients "with good results". He said...
Intensive care units running short of drugs, warns Royal College of Anaesthetists
Anaesthetic drugs in intensive care units treating coronavirus patients are running short, specialists warned on Sunday. The Royal College of...
Boris Johnson ‘in good spirits’ as he leaves intensive care following coronavirus treatment
Boris Johnson was last night moved out of intensive care as No 10 said he was in “extremely good spirits”. The...
What happens to coronavirus patients in intensive care
It seems improbable that doctors looking after Boris Johnson would not have anticipated this as a possibility in advance –...
Intensive care nurses looking after six times more patients because of coronavirus
Intensive care nurses are now looking after six times the number of patients they would normally, due to pressure from...
‘I hope Boris recovers soon. Intensive care was my darkest moment’
Faiz Ilyas, 24, second year structural engineering student at University of Bradford, Labour parish councillor and part time taxi driver,...
What are the possible outcomes after admission to intensive care?
The country has been left reeling by the news that Boris Johnson has been admitted to intensive care after his...
Why intensive care is like a concert
With every breath Boris Johnson takes being analysed by twenty-four hour news channels, it is time to demystify the intensive...
Mercedes F1 team helps to create breathing aid to keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care
A breathing aid that can help keep Covid-19 patients out of intensive care has been developed by mechanical engineers, medics...
Intensive care for coronavirus patients now limited to those ‘reasonably certain’ to survive, London NHS trust concedes
Intensive care for coronavirus patients is now being limited to those “reasonably certain” to survive, a major NHS London trust...
Welsh lacrosse captain Eleanor Gaastra on how sport is helping her in role as intensive care doctor on NHS frontline
Eleanor Gaastra has been training relentlessly over the past few weeks. Each day has a regimented rhythm between work, rest...
Intensive care units face staffing crisis as doctors self-isolate with minor symptoms
Intensive care units are at risk of running low on key doctors as many are being forced into self-isolation with...
NHS chiefs warn makeshift intensive care units will be needed to treat increasing numbers of coronavirus patients
UK hospitals have been told to create makeshift intensive care units and to stop treating coronavirus cases in isolation, as pressures on...
