Advances In ICU Care Are Saving More Patients Who Have COVID-19
wusfnews.wusf.usf.eduOne thing that has improved a lot over the course of the pandemic is treatment of seriously ill COVID-19 patients in intensive care units. Here’s one man’s success story.
If you think all the coronavirus news is bad, consider the uplifting story of Don Ramsayer.
The 59-year-old man from Cumming, Ga., is living evidence that doctors in intensive care units quickly figured out how to help more patients survive.
In early August, Ramsayer was helping his son pack up the car for his freshman year at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina. Ramsayer had been having night sweats and wasn’t feeling that well, but he tried to play it down.