Data by prefecture on new type corona severely ill patients are published. Intensive care medicine society April 29, 6:07.
Regarding the patients who become severe after being infected with the new coronavirus and are treated with a ventilator or a heart-lung machine, the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine publishes data on the number of people by prefecture on the website, and measures are taken. I want you to make use of it.
The Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine summarized the changes in the number of patients who became seriously ill with the new coronavirus and who are using a mechanical ventilator and ECMO (ECMO) on a daily basis by prefecture. Published in.
For example, in Tokyo, the number of patients using a ventilator nearly doubled to 90 in the last two weeks, and the number of patients receiving ECMO treatment increased. Have become people.
Also, in Hokkaido, the number of patients using ventilators dropped by half in the first half of this month to four, but it has risen sharply over the past week, reaching 19 as of the 27th.
In addition, the results of ECMO treatments throughout the country are also shown, and by the 27th, 109 had been treated, of which 46 were recovering and 19 had died.
"In a region where the number of serious patients is increasing rapidly, it is possible that the life that can be usually saved may not be saved. I want you to use the data for measures", said the president of the society and Professor Osamu Nishida of Fujita Medical University. I am talking.