The long road to recovery post Covid19

Our guest: Dr Ron Daniels BEM
(@SepsisUK)

Dr. Ron Daniels is an NHS Consultant in Intensive Care, based in Birmingham, U.K. He’s also the Executive Director of the UK Sepsis Trust and sits on the Executive Board of the Global Sepsis Alliance.

In this episode, Dr. Daniels discusses the long road to recovery for patients who come out of critical care. He lays out that #longcovid effects could be physical, cognitive, psychological and offers guidance on what should people look for and who should they reach out to when they need help.

A charity that he founded, The UK Sepsis Trust @ https://sepsistrust.org/ is at the front-line of providing professional support to #Covid19 survivors and has teamed up with https://www.longcovid.org/ as well.

Chapters

• 1:22 Guest introduction
• 7:54 How has this pandemic changed your regular day?
• 11:15 What new challenges has this pandemic posed to healthcare workers?
• 16:24 For patients who do survive critical care, the discharge home may be traumatic...
• 21:40 How soon should people realize that they are probably having after effects of Covid19 sickness?
• 24:25 How does an organization like the UK Sepsis Trust help a person who calls seeking help with #longcovid?
• 29:08 What are the similarities between patients who have recovered from Sepsis and Covid19?
• 31:05 Is there a second wave of Covid19?
• 34:00 Do you believe that we have as a people the ability to get over this pandemic?
• 35:07 End credits