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		tomohawk on April 25, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UChicago doctors see ‘remarkable’ success using ve... Being on a ventilator is traumatic. So much so that they generally put you under. Can you imagine waking up with a tube through your mouth and down your throat forcing you to breathe? It happens and people panic and have to be restrained. People get PTSD. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/ptsd_com... If you can get the O2 up to a livable level without a ventilator so that the patient is supported enough to get well, that that is a good outcome.

polishTar on April 25, 2020 | [–]

I suppose I’d rather risk the 1/4 chance of getting ptsd vs the guarantee of moderate/severe brain injury if it was a choice

loeg on April 25, 2020 | [–]

I totally agree, but that isn't responsive to my comment.

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