at the Amiens University Hospital, staff note that the profile of intensive care patients has changed

For now, the situation is still under control in Amiens, in the Somme. But the tension is mounting. The profile of patients in intensive care no longer resembles that of previous waves, and some present severe forms of Covid-19. “As much in the first waves, we had a certain number of risk factors, with rather obese, elderly, hypertensive or diabetic patients. We always find the age factor, but the one that stands out is not to be vaccinated “, explains Hervé Dupont, head of the intensive care unit at the University Hospital of Amiens.

Some patients did not have time for their booster dose. In the department, vaccination rates are positive, which could explain this relative calm. The nursing staff, tested for two years, hope that it will last. Because often, the care of intensive care patients requires a lot of equipment and heavy techniques.