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A bad time to be alive’: More than half of all Earth’s ocean life died off 444 million years ago because it ran out of oxygen, study shows Researchers studied samples of black shale from the Murzuq Basin in Libya They used this and existing data to build a model of ancient ocean oxygen levels It suggested … Read more
Disabled pensioner, 67, is killed in devastating house blast after her oxygen bottle exploded as her husband, 70, changed it Lynn Hadley, 67, was killed and her husband David, 70, badly injured during blast Mr Hadley had been changing his wife’s oxygen cylinder when it ignited Their Shelfield, Walsall, home was blown apart by and damaged … Read more
Intensive care units in the UK are in ‘relatively short supply’ of vital medicines including some anaesthetics. As units become filled with covid-19 patients, many are requiring the same combination of drugs along with a steady supply of oxygen in their fight for survival. However Dr Ron Daniels, a consultant in the Midlands told the … Read more
Doctors at a Brooklyn hospitals are removing coronavirus patients’ blood from their bodies, rejunvenating it with oxygen, and returning it to the patients in an experimental bid to help those on ventilators. The procedure is known as ‘ECMO’ – extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. As critically ill coronavirus patients flood into their hospitals, doctors have noticed a … Read more
Defence giant Cobham adapts fighter jet oxygen system technology to build NHS ventilators By Francesca Washtell and Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 6 April 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 6 April 2020 Cobham has become the latest business to join the effort to make ventilators for the NHS. The British defence … Read more
Chilling pictures show the giant liquid oxygen tanks being used at make-shift NHS Nightingale hospital in Yorkshire Construction at the Harrogate Convention Centre hospital is ongoing today Health chiefs last week said the site would be able to care for up to 500 patients By Stephen Matthews Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 16:56 BST, 6 … Read more
Watford General Hospital tells patients NOT to go to A&E even in an emergency because they’re running out of oxygen in coronavirus crisis At 11:40am today West Herts hospitals tweeted to warn of a critical incident Telling patients not to attend Watford General Hospital as oxygen is running low They advised those needing treatment to ‘go to your … Read more
A hospital in London almost ran out of oxygen last weekend because it was treating so many coronavirus patients at the same time. The incident, at a hospital which hasn’t been named, sparked fears that huge numbers of patients needing breathing support could run oxygen pipelines dry. Large numbers of ventilators running at once could … Read more
Hospitals in New York are facing disastrously low levels of oxygen, a problem that could be seen globally as demand increases in line with greater numbers of coronavirus cases. Some patients, particularly those who develop pneumonia, require supplemental oxygen when facing breathing difficulties, and a lack of supply will prove to be similarly problematic to … Read more
Linda Lusardi’s husband Sam Kane has shared another update on the star’s health as she continues to battle the coronavirus. Taking to Facebook on Wednesday, Sam, 51, revealed that his wife’s oxygen and low blood pressure were ‘still a problem,’ but she was feeling ‘at least a little brighter’ than she had just the day … Read more