'They look fine, and then they're unresponsive', reveal US medics

The suddenness of patient deterioration is shocking front line doctors and nurses

The speed with which patients deteriorate and die from the novel coronavirus is shocking even veteran doctors and nurses as they scramble to work out how to save patients.

A patient is taken to the Brooklyn Hospital Center emergency room, New York. Photo: AAP

They "look fine, feel fine, then you turn around and they're unresponsive," said Diana Torres, a nurse at Mount Sinai