Former Olympic rower Kenny Dwan, 71, says patients were ‘going home in black bags’ minutes after removing their oxygen masks to say goodbye to their families – as he breaks down over his coronavirus ordeal Kenny Dwan, 71, spent three weeks in hospital being treated with coronavirus He appeared on Good Morning Britain today with the … Read more
‘Non-essential’ businesses including vets, dentists and rugby clubs asked to return bottled oxygen amid fears there are shortages in hospitals The BOC, Britain’s largest supplier of medical gases, has been recalling oxygen Small business have been asked to return their supplies for the NHS Demand for oxygen has soared following the coronavirus outbreak in the … Read more
A bad time to be alive’: More than half of all Earth’s ocean life died off 444 million years ago because it ran out of oxygen, study shows Researchers studied samples of black shale from the Murzuq Basin in Libya They used this and existing data to build a model of ancient ocean oxygen levels It suggested … Read more
Pensioner, 67, dies in house blast while being treated by paramedics who miraculously escaped property after her oxygen tank exploded in conservatory ‘while being changed by her husband’ Lynn Hadley, 67, was killed and her husband David, 70, badly injured during blast Mr Hadley had been changing his wife’s oxygen cylinder when it ignited Their Shelfield, … Read more
Doctors at a Brooklyn hospitals are removing coronavirus patients’ blood from their bodies, rejunvenating it with oxygen, and returning it to the patients in an experimental bid to help those on ventilators. The procedure is known as ‘ECMO’ – extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. As critically ill coronavirus patients flood into their hospitals, doctors have noticed a … Read more
Intensive care units in the UK are in ‘relatively short supply’ of vital medicines including some anaesthetics. As units become filled with covid-19 patients, many are requiring the same combination of drugs along with a steady supply of oxygen in their fight for survival. However Dr Ron Daniels, a consultant in the Midlands told the … Read more
Defence giant Cobham adapts fighter jet oxygen system technology to build NHS ventilators By Francesca Washtell and Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 6 April 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 6 April 2020 Cobham has become the latest business to join the effort to make ventilators for the NHS. The British defence … Read more
Chilling images show the giant liquid oxygen tanks being used at a make-shift NHS Nightingale hospital in Yorkshire. Construction at the Harrogate Convention Centre is ongoing today as health bosses plan to get the temporary hospital up and running as soon as possible. Contractors were this afternoon pictured working on the entrances to ambulance bays … Read more
Watford General Hospital tells patients NOT to go to A&E even in an emergency because they’re running out of oxygen in coronavirus crisis At 11:40am today West Herts hospitals tweeted to warn of a critical incident Telling patients not to attend Watford General Hospital as oxygen is running low They advised those needing treatment to ‘go to your … Read more
A hospital in London almost ran out of oxygen last weekend because it was treating so many coronavirus patients at the same time. The incident, at a hospital which hasn’t been named, sparked fears that huge numbers of patients needing breathing support could run oxygen pipelines dry. Large numbers of ventilators running at once could … Read more