[COVID-19: risks of psychological trauma for patients in intensive care or for their families]. / Covid-19 : risques de traumatismes psychologiques pour les malades en réanimation et leurs proches.

For serious cases of COVID-19, with severe respiratory failure due to damage to the lungs by SARS-CoV-2, hospitalisation in intensive care with intubation is often essential. What psychotraumatic risks does this episode present for these patients? Are these sudden, complex treatments, sometimes with fatal outcomes and frequently reported in the media, also a factor in the appearance of psychological trauma for families? These questions are the subject of this clinical reflection.