The first Covid 19 intensive care patient from Salzburg arrived in Vienna on Wednesday. According to health association spokesman Markus Pederiva, the woman was flown to the federal capital in an ÖAMTC rescue helicopter in the afternoon and transferred to Vienna General Hospital.
After the woman, another intensive care patient should be transferred from Salzburg to Vienna on Wednesday, and two more should follow on Thursday to relax the precarious coronavirus situation in the state. From other federal states, which are also dealing with critical conditions in intensive care bed utilization, there should initially be no transfers to the federal capital. These are those devices in which the blood is taken out of the body and enriched with oxygen outside the body and then returned. Ecmo devices are used for severe Covid intensive care patients, according to Hacker’s office. Upper limit almost reached Meanwhile, in the state of Salzburg, the number of corona patients who are cared for in intensive care has again increased sharply. While 45 infected people were in the intensive care units on Tuesday, there were already 50 patients on Wednesday. The previously mentioned upper limit of 51 intensive care beds is almost reached. A spokesman for the state emphasized that everything will be done so that all people who need medical care receive it. Additional Covid intensive care beds could be provided as required. Salzburg again at the top across the country on Wednesday with a seven-day incidence of 1734.6.
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