this is what it looks like when you
breathe 40 times a minute
have an oxygen level that's dipping well
below 80.
this is what it's going to look like
i hope that the last moments of your
life
don't look like this
i had taken care of a patient who we
intubated he asked me if i could tell
his family
members um that that he loved him
because he said i don't think i'm gonna
live
and he and he was right he subsequently
died
and looking over at one of the
colleagues that i work with who's one of
our
phenomenal nurses she looked fatigued
and i can see how much this had affected
her as well
and so i grabbed a laryngoscope and an
endotracheal tube and went to a room and
i just
spur of the moment made this video
because this is what you'll see at the
end of your life
if we don't start wearing masks
when we're out in public when we don't
practice social distancing
when we don't wash our hands frequently
knowing that people don't do those
tenets of public health
i think weighed heavily on my mind at
that moment it is absolutely true
that many people that will get coveted
will survive
that's the best part but if
you get into a hospital and
get put into an intensive care unit and
have a breathing tube
your chance of survival goes way down
your risk of death goes way up and i
promise you two things wearing a mask is
not
as uncomfortable as
having a piece of plastic put into your
airway to help you breathe
and certainly potentially meeting the
end of your life
and i promise you that personal liberty
doesn't matter
when you die because i promise you
this will be what you see i promise you
this is what your mother or your father
or your children when they get covered
disease
will see at the end of their life
this is serious
i beg you please practice the
precautions to reduce transmission of
coba disease
so that we can effectively prevent
disease for you
and your loved ones
you