Monday, July 13, 2020

ERMAND MERTENIKA - ENGLISH NEWS




Within the 'red' area of ​​Infectious; Respiratory Engineer: We are facing a special, threatening and unknown virus.















                                     Ermand Mertenika ( Biomedical Engineer)

Ermand Mertenika is an engineer of medical equipment, where during the months of pandemics, the focus has been on respirators, as a lifesaver for COVID-19 patients. In an interview given to Gazeta Shqiptare, the engineer tells us what happens inside the red zone, at the intensive care unit of Infective. Mertenika further points out that the increase in the numbers of those affected is not a second wave, but according to him, a human coexistence with this virus.

Then when it seemed that COVID was leaving, cases increased. Do you think we are dealing with the second wave or are we still in the first wave?

Covid-19 is an aggressive and specific virus, so it tends to destroy the pulmonary system (lungs) of patients, ie the smallest units of the lungs which are called Alveoli, where exactly the passage of oxygen in the blood takes place. So Covid-19 "occupies" the space of the alveoli and this means that it blocks the transfer of oxygen to the blood and as a result of the latter when the pathology escalates so it worsens, then the lungs become dysfunctional and the patient dies clinically. In order to prevent the patient from dying clinically, then the devices that keep the patient alive artificially are used, ie ventilators and resuscitators or respirators (artificial lungs). Currently considering that Covid-19 Corona is a virus where you have not yet been vaccinated or preventative medicine then we will coexist with this virus. From time to time we have fluctuations in the values ​​of infected people, so from time to time we have an increase and decrease in the number of infected people, but it is not yet a second Covid-19 wave.

Have you been to COVID hospitals since March, how has the situation changed?

During this period we have a decrease in the activity of Covid-19 compared to 2-3 months ago as given that we are coexisting with Covid-19 Corona, the immune system of citizens is beginning to gain an adaptation or a slight immunity to this virus, so in a way we have a period of relaxation of Covid-19. So from time to time we will have oscillations of the number of infected but that currently there is no talk of a second wave.

What happens inside hospitals, how are doctors inside the walls.


Within Covid hospitals it is normally not easy as we are dealing with a confrontation of infected patients who have breathing problems, ie obstruction of the first stage and up to that of an acute condition.In case of shortness of breath but not in acute condition, the mode of Resuscitation fans or Respirators with oxygen mask is used, while in case the patient passes in acute condition, ie can not breathe, then the mode of invasive Respirators with Intubation is used (ie with application of the Endo-tracheal tube in the trachea (patient's throat) giving forced oxygenation in other words artificial respiration exchange) Resuscitators are those who are in the first line who face these infected patients and understand the difficulty and the emotion that shows up as I myself have been present at the installation of respiratory devices in the red areas and really is an emotion that will remain in our memory permanently as we are facing a particular virus a threatening virus and globally unknown.