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re: Hospital employees of the OT
Posted on 3/18/20 at 7:28 am to Tigahs24Seven
Posted on 3/18/20 at 7:28 am to Tigahs24Seven
Kind of quiet where I am. Our ER has been quiet so far. I think people are afraid to come for the stupid shite they usually do. Collection devices backordered across the country.
This post was edited on 3/18/20 at 7:35 am
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Posted on 3/18/20 at 7:31 am to Tigahs24Seven
ER is a ghost town. Only people who are actually having an emergency are showing up
Posted on 3/18/20 at 7:32 am to lsunurse
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Still a scary time at work, anticipating and preparing for the worst. Lots of workers panicked and scared.
This is the problem. People are scared, and because they are scared they make rash, feel good decisions.
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The PPE shortage worry is a real problem for most hospitals.
This is a very real concern and is a result of people being scared but also China being shut down
Posted on 3/18/20 at 7:49 am to baldona
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Very frustrating we didn’t do more hospital prep months ago. We should have launched some stimulus to stop elective surgeries 2 months ago and pulled nurses from non icu positions into training. A couple of weeks of training and staffing of our hospitals would have gone a lot further then many of these other measures the government has taken.
Hindsight is always 20:20
There really wasn’t much known about this virus 2 months ago.
Posted on 3/18/20 at 7:50 am to MightyYat
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It’s just going to get worse as we get more and more testing done.
Nope. All that does is drive up the active cases. It does nothing to drive up the cases that require medical intervention.
It will get worse, but that has nothing to do with testing. It is because the peak virus spread will be last weekend when we finally took the social distancing seriously. Therefore, caseload will peak this coming weekend (average 5 day incubation) and continue until the end of March. At that point, the number of new cases requiring hospital beds should level off and even decrease some. The total number of hospital beds required will continue to increase, because the worst cases will take up a bed for many weeks. I’d guess mid-April to hit the hospitalization peak.
All this is for the NOLA area only. The rest of the country might be a few days ahead of us, because a lot of places self-quarantined earlier than we did.
Posted on 3/18/20 at 7:51 am to Tigahs24Seven
We have 6 that have been tested in our hospital in palm beach county. Unfortunately have no idea if they’re positive as the tests are sent to Utah and it takes 5-8 days for a result. We’ve actually discharged a few home without knowing with orders to self quarantine. None of ours have been in very critical and all the symptoms have somewhat resolved like most viral patients after a hospital stay. This includes some over 70.
We have the resources to become a testing center in our lab but elected against it out of fear of every other hospital in the area them sending all their suspected patients here and overwhelming the place.
We have the resources to become a testing center in our lab but elected against it out of fear of every other hospital in the area them sending all their suspected patients here and overwhelming the place.
This post was edited on 3/18/20 at 7:53 am
Posted on 3/18/20 at 8:28 am to Tiguar
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ER is a ghost town. Only people who are actually having an emergency are showing up
I wish New Orleans was like that. Those people call 911 for everything. 8 people and 3 cars at one household, but no one can bring big mama to the doctor for her shortest of breath.
Everyone is a diabetic, or what they do is call in a seizure because they learned the calls are prioritized and will get a unit faster.
Now everyone is calling in every sick feeling possible.
Got a call yesterday to check their temperature...aaaannnd while you're here can you grab me a glass of water and my robe. This is an everyday occurrence.
Posted on 3/18/20 at 8:34 am to LSUcajun77
Norma people don’t realize how many stupid people, especially in LA, treat 911 and ERs like it’s a walk in clinic for a few coughs.
Posted on 3/18/20 at 8:41 am to Tigahs24Seven
I have an immediate family member in ICU at a public medical center. Word is that the world is not ending (yet) but this is not something to frick with. Average worst cases are middle aged with no pre-existing condition. Most were symptomatic for a while before realizing what it wasn't normal flu. Prob were exposed back in February/ Mardi Gras time frame.
This post was edited on 3/18/20 at 8:44 am
Posted on 3/18/20 at 8:44 am to DevilDagNS
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Average worst cases are middle aged with no pre-existing condition.
Where are you getting this from?
Posted on 3/18/20 at 8:45 am to lostinbr
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I think a lot of it has to do with lack of experience in the private sector among administrators.
I have a buddy who's a doctor in private practice. He's a brilliant doctor. He's also a terrible businessman.
Posted on 3/18/20 at 8:48 am to LSUcajun77
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Everyone is a diabetic, or what they do is call in a seizure because they learned the calls are prioritized and will get a unit faster. Now everyone is calling in every sick feeling possible. Got a call yesterday to check their temperature...aaaannnd while you're here can you grab me a glass of water and my robe. This is an everyday occurrence.
Hmmm...wonder what political affiliation these dependents belong to, clogging up our systems.
Posted on 3/18/20 at 8:51 am to MightyYat
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Bed space is fine but a lot of time is spent sifting through runny noses.
Thank the media.
Posted on 3/18/20 at 8:55 am to BayouLSU
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This post was edited on 3/18/20 at 9:25 am
Posted on 3/18/20 at 8:57 am to EZE Tiger Fan
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Hmmm...wonder what political affiliation these dependents belong to, clogging up our systems.
Cute, but stupid. All you have to do is look at Facebook to see how many idiots vote on the other side as well. And there's no shortage of them that show up for stupid shite on a daily basis.
Posted on 3/18/20 at 8:58 am to cahoots
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Already?
Doesn't mean they all have covid. The ICU can be nothing but vents and no one have it. It's not unusual.
Posted on 3/18/20 at 9:00 am to BugAC
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Where are you getting this from?
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I have an immediate family member in ICU at a public medical center.
Posted on 3/18/20 at 9:01 am to BugAC
Lots of reports out of Italy saying the same thing.
Posted on 3/18/20 at 9:04 am to Tigahs24Seven
Considering the known supply shortages, I'm currently upset unnecessary procedures are still being performed.
Posted on 3/18/20 at 9:04 am to EarlyCuyler3
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This post was edited on 3/18/20 at 9:37 am
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