They beg for help. They flail. Their eyes fill with terror.
“We have people that are sitting in bed and they’re breathing like they’re running a marathon at full speed,” said Dr. Adupa Rao, a pulmonologist and critical care specialist at Keck Hospital of USC.
“They’re breathing so fast and so deep, they’re trying to catch their breath,” Rao said. “It’s almost like you’re watching a goldfish out of water, gasping to get air, and it can never get enough.”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-18/alone-gasping-and-afraid-the-brutal-reality-of-covid-19-deaths
“We have people that are sitting in bed and they’re breathing like they’re running a marathon at full speed,” said Dr. Adupa Rao, a pulmonologist and critical care specialist at Keck Hospital of USC.
“They’re breathing so fast and so deep, they’re trying to catch their breath,” Rao said. “It’s almost like you’re watching a goldfish out of water, gasping to get air, and it can never get enough.”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-18/alone-gasping-and-afraid-the-brutal-reality-of-covid-19-deaths