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, the access to a fan can mean the difference between life and Death for patients seriously ill with Covid-19. But sometimes, these breathing machines can't save someone's life.

is part of the Juanita Nittla job off of the fans.

she is a Head Nurse in the intensive care unit (ICU) at London's Royal Free Hospital, and has been working for the NHS as an intensive care specialist nurse for The Past 16 years.

The Work is traumatic and painful, which says a 42-year-old. "Sometimes I have the feeling that I Am somehow responsible for someone's Death . "

if the coronavirus has caused to failure of the lungs. This gives the patient time to fight the infection and recover, but sometimes it is not enough.

Medical teams, the hard decisions about When to stop treatment for patients who are not always better. The decision after careful consideration, the analysis of factors such as the patient's age, underlying health conditions, their response to The Virus and the probability of recovery.

at the beginning of the morning shift, in The Second week of April, Ms Nittla the Chancellor said in the intensive care unit, your first task would be to stop treatment, to be a nurse in her 50s with Covid-19.

"limitations", which meant in The Time that they had to speak through to what would happen with The Woman 's daughter on The Phone (the health Secretary to Matt Hancock has been dying since said that the close members of The Family would be able to see, to Say Goodbye to families, below ).

"I assured her that her mother was in pain, and looked very comfortable," Ms Nittla said. "I also asked about her mother's wishes and religious needs. "

fans of The Machine on The Left side of the photos to help critically ill patients breathe

Ms Nittla the patient was a Bay in an eight-bed, surrounded by people, even unconsciously.

"I closed The Curtains and turned off all the alarms. "

The medical team paused for a moment and stopped to talk, and Ms Nittla placed a phone next to the patients ear, and asked to speak to Her Daughter .

Ms Nittla played had asked to The Music of The Family . Then she turned off the fan.

"I was sitting next to her, held her hands until she died," she says.

The patient died in less than Five Minutes after Ms Nittla turned on the fan.

"I blink and saw lights on The Monitor and The Heart rate hits the Zero flat Line on the screen," she says. Ms Nittla separated, the pipes, the provision of sedation drugs.

the patient The daughter was still in The Conversation to tell her mother, and her prayers over The Phone . Ms Nittla picked up The Phone to tell her it was all over.

"With The Help of a colleague, I gave her a bed, a bath and wrapped in a white shroud and put you in a body bag. I put A Sign of The Cross on your forehead before closing the bag," she says.

nightmares

Ms Nittla says that in The Situation , care for The Dying has helped her, The Crisis would be solved.

By a massive increase in The Number of admissions, The Hospital , which has intensive advanced station, from 34 to 60 beds.

"Usually in intensive care medicine we are to hold a one-to-one ratio [one nurse per patient]. Now it is a nurse, for all three," says Mrs Nittla.

"If The Situation continues to deteriorate, there will be a for all six patients. "

Some of the nurses in your team to have shown symptoms of The Virus and are now in self-isolation. The Hospital retraining and other support to nurses working in intensive care medicine.

"Before the start of The Shift , we keep our hands and say," stay safe!'. We keep an eye on each other. We make sure that everyone says the wearing of gloves, masks, and protective clothing properly," Ms Nittla.

Ms Nittla says that nurses in the intensive care unit to gather and say 'sure' before the start of a work shift

The ICU-shooting a dead per day, far above the average you had before the pandemic.

"It's discouraging," says Ms. Nittla. As a nurse, sometimes she has to suppress her own fears.

"I have nightmares. I Am not able to sleep. I'm worried I'm going to get The Virus . Everyone is afraid of it. "

Last Year , she was away from work for months after tuberculosis. You know your lung capacity is reduced.

"people tell me I should not work, but this is a pandemic. I put aside everything and do my job," she says.

"At The End of my shift, I think, that of the patients who died, in my care, but I'm trying to turn it off, if I take a step outside of The Hospital . "

As The Bbc 's talks, Ms Nittla was asked by her employer to stay At Home , due to the underlying health condition. She plans to continue to offer support by working in administrative tasks from home.

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