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Video shows Nebraska Med treating COVID patient

Posted at 5:03 PM, Nov 21, 2020
and last updated 2020-11-21 18:05:18-05

OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) - Nebraska Medicine posted a video to its Facebook page on Saturday showing the brave actions of staffers while they treat a coronavirus patient.

The unedited video shows medical professionals inserting a tube in the patient's airway to place them on a ventilator.

Nebraska Medicine lauded its staff for their "calm efficiency" in a situation where every second counts.

Nebraska Medicine says such work is "happening multiple times a day here and thousands of times a day across the country."

Watch the video below.

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