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Surviving COVID-19, a near-death experience
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In Episode 9 of Dr. Dave On Call, we interview Andrew Coffield, who describes his near-death experience with COVID-19. He details his initial symptoms, how quickly his conditioned worsened as he spent days intubated in the intensive care unit. Andrew's conditioned improved and he provides some insights into his recovery from COVID-19.
Andrew Coffield is a healthy 29 year old with no pre-existing health conditions. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Midwest, he decided to shelter-in place near his family in Michigan. Upon arriving, he noticed a feeling of shortness of breath after playing a routine basketball game with family members. Shortly thereafter, he started to develop high fevers, body aches and worsening shortness of breath that progressively worsened over the course of a few days. His mother, a nurse, assessed his physical health and determined that he should seek medical assistance in the emergency room at a local hospital.
Andrew describes his harrowing experience in the emergency department, as his respiratory status declined very quickly. The supplemental oxygen he was receiving was not helping. He was subsequently transferred to the ICU and a decision was made with him and his treatment team for intubation.
After a number of days intubated, Andrew describes in detail how he awoke with the breathing tube in his throat, trying to gather the strength to breath on his own. He describes the overwhelming encouragement he received from his treatment team and family. He was successfully extubated and details his long and arduous journey to hospital discharge. The road to recovery is still ongoing and Andrew thanks the countless health care professionals who have assisted him along his harrowing survival story of COVID-19.
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