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re: Are all hospitals truly at capacity?
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:10 am to CharlesLSU
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:10 am to CharlesLSU
From what Ive heard from my aunt who works in the hospital. They are doing fine as far as bed and vent capacity. Where they are struggling with the most is staffing. With people quitting and the multiple people who begin to show symptoms and then have to be out of work for 2 weeks.
Again, this can be different around the country, though.
Again, this can be different around the country, though.
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Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:10 am to Shexter
Nurses getting cut doesn’t mean much
We have nurses here in Nola being cut. We need nurses to work specifically icu/er. Other areas are getting cut left and right, and ideally we would want those nurses to shift over, but for obvious reasons that isn’t easy to convince
We have nurses here in Nola being cut. We need nurses to work specifically icu/er. Other areas are getting cut left and right, and ideally we would want those nurses to shift over, but for obvious reasons that isn’t easy to convince
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:11 am to lsupride87
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It’s simple. At capacity means when you can’t take on more patients
You know that’s what it means and you said it because that’s what you do
If you are taking spillover measures - like opening beds in the Convention Center - that means you've hit capacity, or gotten close enough to it, that it's necessary.
It's not the end of the world but there is no use downplaying the significance of those actions.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:11 am to CharlesLSU
All? No.
Some in some hotspots? Yes.
Some in some hotspots? Yes.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:13 am to Antonio Moss
I’m not downplaying the significance. Important measures were taken
But the fact is if you come into our hospitals in Nola needing a bed and/or a vent, you will get one. So in no way do I think saying we are at capacity makes sense at the moment
But the fact is if you come into our hospitals in Nola needing a bed and/or a vent, you will get one. So in no way do I think saying we are at capacity makes sense at the moment
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:15 am to lsupride87
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But the fact is if you come into our hospitals in Nola needing a bed and/or a vent, you will get one. So in no way do I think saying we are at capacity makes sense at the moment
Because NOLA increased capacity.
Could New Orleans' regional system handle the current caseload without spillover measures?
No.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:15 am to Shexter
quote:SWLA is seeing the same.
hospital, and it's a ghost town. They've actually cut their RN's to 25 hours a week
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:16 am to lsupride87
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urses getting cut doesn’t mean much
We have nurses here in Nola being cut. We need nurses to work specifically icu/er.
Yep, they moved her to ICU/ER last week.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:16 am to lsupride87
NOLA has the convention center ready to go.
Not sure how they find the health care workers but they will have bed space.
Not sure how they find the health care workers but they will have bed space.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:16 am to CharlesLSU
Hospitals will be at capacity next week
Then when they aren't they will be at capacity the next week
Then when they aren't they will be at capacity the next week
Then when they aren't they will be at capacity the next week
Then when they aren't they will be at capacity the next week
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:16 am to QJenk
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With people quitting
Not to turn this into a generational war but dudes in their 20s are proving to be the biggest bunch of Karens out of all the folks in our place.
This post was edited on 4/2/20 at 9:18 am
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:16 am to CharlesLSU
I think that overall this is good for our country. Sadly it involves fatalities, but so far it is nothing compared to flu deaths. It takes a crisis like this to wake up and shift focus on healthcare, infrastructure, manufacturing supplies within our borders, etc. This is a trial run to prepare for something far more serious with a much higher mortality rate. We will be better off in the future in responding to such a pandemic.
I am shocked at how well the common American bought into social distancing. There will always be the naysayers, but I work offshore and once we implemenred it the majority respected it. I was prepared for mass bitching of it being a conspiracy, gubment control, etc.
I am shocked at how well the common American bought into social distancing. There will always be the naysayers, but I work offshore and once we implemenred it the majority respected it. I was prepared for mass bitching of it being a conspiracy, gubment control, etc.
This post was edited on 4/2/20 at 9:18 am
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:17 am to Antonio Moss
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Because NOLA increased capacity.
Could New Orleans' regional system handle the current caseload without spillover measures?
So NOLA currently has available beds and vents. What exactly are you arguing again?
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:18 am to Antonio Moss
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In NOLA and NY, yes.
This is incorrect according to every doctor in New Orleans.
And I don’t know if you’re lieing in purpose or just passing along bad information but please stop.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:19 am to ksayetiger
Friend of mine is a nurse at a hospital here in BR working in ICU unit for sickest coronavirus patients and she told me most of their patients are from NOLA.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:20 am to Oilfieldbiology
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Italy and Spain. Both rates almost 30 spots higher than the US by the WHO for medical care system
How about we look at a more appropriate ranking:
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According to a paper published in the Intensive Care Medicine journal utilizing 2012 data, Italy had 12.5 ICU beds per 100,000 of its population that year while Germany had 29.2 ICU beds per 100,000 inhabitants. A different paper published by the National Center for Biotechnology Information in 2015 states that capacity in the United States is even higher at 34.2 ICU beds per 100,000 people.
Source - Forbes
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:21 am to Tiger Roux
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Not sure how they find the health care workers but they will have bed space.
That is probably going to be the biggest hurdle moving forward for the U.S.
Beds and vents are manageable but you need people that know how to treat the sick.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:24 am to QJenk
Most hospitals are well below capacity. Media takes a photo of random hospital in NYC and tries to convince you it's the norm.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:25 am to Oilfieldbiology
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Italy and Spain.
bruh. the per capita death rates aren't even debatable here. pick a better argument.
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Both rates almost 30 spots higher than the US by the WHO for medical care system
WHO? World Health Organization? that WHO?
Yesterday a top Japanese official (our ally) coined WHO as "China Health Organization". That isn't by accident either.
The same WHO who even as recent as mid January said COVID19 isn't spreadable by air?
The same WHO who ignored Taiwan completely when they were trying to alert them to the explosion of COVID outbreak in China in December?
sorry baw, but I'm going to take their word with a slight grain of salt for now.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:25 am to Chef Free Gold Bloom
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lieing in purpose
I think we've found the OT genius....
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