The COVID-19 Arrest

Author: Fiona Mendes / Editor: Yasmin Sultan / Codes: / Published: 08/05/2020

Ms. Maid is a 48-year-old female pre-alerted to resus, with signs of severe respiratory distress and desaturations on high-flow oxygen.

Over the past 4 days, Ms. Maid was self-isolating with symptoms of COVID-19 including a cough, fever, sore throat, generalised muscle aches and fatigue. Her breathlessness increased over the past 2 days. 

Ms. Maid has well-controlled asthma and takes amlodipine for essential hypertension. Soon after the paramedics handover, Ms Maid quickly deteriorates and has a cardiorespiratory arrest.

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