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Alan_tbt in reply to @Well_is_it

Not sure if I think a 50% survival rate is to be expected in ICU. To get in there you have to be the sickest of the sick.
This is not to belittle the skills and dedication of the staff who work there. I’m not a medic and my experience of the NHS is, luckily, limited to 24 hours in A&E.

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Oliver Schick in reply to @Alan_tbt

If a 50% survival rate in ICU is being reported for this particular kind of condition, then that'll be what it is, assuming the reporting is correct.

Obviously, survival rates will differ for the millions of other conditions that people may be admitted to ICUs with.

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Alan_tbt in reply to @Oliver Schick

Thanks. That’s clarified it nicely. I’d read it as overall 50/50 whatever you went in with.

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