The latest I heard was that his vitals had stabilized and that he was being sedated with a breathing tube inserted in is throat. But that was several hours ago. Still listed as critical.
I’m concerned with the fact that he’s still intubated.
Could mean nothing, could mean something very serious.
Getting people off the ventilator as soon a possible is a general goal.
Many reasons for people to be on a ventilator. Probably the three major ones are:
Person is not or can not breathe on their own. There are way too many reasons for this to speculate.
Person can not protect their own airway.
They are unconscious/comatose
Doctors have reason to keep the patient sedated.
Obviously there are other reasons but those are the big ones that come to mind right now.