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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1650 on: March 19, 2020, 01:59:16 PM »
And the rest of the story - my wife is a relief ICU nurse. She has not worked since the first case was announced here, and isn't scheduled to go back until April 13. Any bets on what things will look like then? Will she be using printer paper and gorilla tape for a mask?

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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1651 on: March 19, 2020, 02:00:25 PM »
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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1652 on: March 19, 2020, 02:05:23 PM »
And I am not being mean or making light of the situation but this is kind of like the guy who joins the army then gets mad when they send him to a place where there is fighting.

she's an organ transplant nurse.  I don't really know all of the details other than - at a high level - her day to day tasks up to this point meant dealing with patients that were immunocompromised but not usually highly infectious themselves, so this risk of her coming in contact with a contagious patient was relatively low.

Sounds like they just kind of made the call to convert it to C-19 ward, without the necessary training or PPE like the decision was made and that's that.

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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1654 on: March 19, 2020, 02:10:31 PM »
All this PPE talk, the president clearly said there are tens of millions and it's all your respective governor's fault if they don't have them.

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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1656 on: March 19, 2020, 02:12:48 PM »
it's just stupid misdirection

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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1658 on: March 19, 2020, 02:19:06 PM »
And I am not being mean or making light of the situation but this is kind of like the guy who joins the army then gets mad when they send him to a place where there is fighting.

she's an organ transplant nurse.  I don't really know all of the details other than - at a high level - her day to day tasks up to this point meant dealing with patients that were immunocompromised but not usually highly infectious themselves, so this risk of her coming in contact with a contagious patient was relatively low.

Sounds like they just kind of made the call to convert it to C-19 ward, without the necessary training or PPE like the decision was made and that's that.

did they just convert the space or are they also expecting everyone in that unit to man it once it's ready? I would expect it to be staffed by trained ICU nurses rather than someone like your SiL

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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1660 on: March 19, 2020, 02:29:12 PM »

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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1661 on: March 19, 2020, 02:29:32 PM »
I would probably still take that vacation if I had it planned and paid for.

i would also still go.  bring as many groceries from home as possible.
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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1662 on: March 19, 2020, 02:53:57 PM »
Even if the rental is non-cancellable by policy, I would still try to cancel.

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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1663 on: March 19, 2020, 03:04:52 PM »
And I am not being mean or making light of the situation but this is kind of like the guy who joins the army then gets mad when they send him to a place where there is fighting.

she's an organ transplant nurse.  I don't really know all of the details other than - at a high level - her day to day tasks up to this point meant dealing with patients that were immunocompromised but not usually highly infectious themselves, so this risk of her coming in contact with a contagious patient was relatively low.

Sounds like they just kind of made the call to convert it to C-19 ward, without the necessary training or PPE like the decision was made and that's that.

did they just convert the space or are they also expecting everyone in that unit to man it once it's ready? I would expect it to be staffed by trained ICU nurses rather than someone like your SiL

to hear her tell it, they are expected to jump in there treating these patients. Like they decided the space was being converted, effective immediately, and they are the nurses who will treat them. But this all happened in the last couple hours, so she could just be panicked and processing the full picture. Seems kind of reckless of a hospital to throw untrained nurses into the c-19 ward with no training

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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1664 on: March 19, 2020, 03:05:24 PM »
I mean, what’s the alternative?


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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1666 on: March 19, 2020, 03:23:50 PM »
https://twitter.com/billkristol/status/1240716869729783808


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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1667 on: March 19, 2020, 03:28:05 PM »
I mean, what’s the alternative?


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bump up the ICU to covid, med-surg to ICU, and the transplant folks to med-surg. or tell catchacold's wife to skip vacation and get her ass in the ICU

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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1668 on: March 19, 2020, 03:39:59 PM »
https://twitter.com/gizmodo/status/1240719414670110723

Smart.  I just told a group to quit video chatting on calls.

TY, myself and my children need all the capacity our dozens of devices are consuming 24/7/365 you can spare.

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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1669 on: March 19, 2020, 03:42:10 PM »
I mean, what’s the alternative?


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bump up the ICU to covid, med-surg to ICU, and the transplant folks to med-surg. or tell catchacold's wife to skip vacation and get her ass in the ICU

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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1671 on: March 19, 2020, 03:52:56 PM »
I mean, what’s the alternative?


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bump up the ICU to covid, med-surg to ICU, and the transplant folks to med-surg. or tell catchacold's wife to skip vacation and get her ass in the ICU

yeah, expecting that call. American Mobile is calling around looking for travelers

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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1672 on: March 19, 2020, 04:22:09 PM »
https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1240709683792318464

This seems like it would be an absolute strategic disaster
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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1673 on: March 19, 2020, 04:24:36 PM »
https://twitter.com/COVID19Tracking/status/1240742495908065283


we tested about a third as many people yesterday as we had for the entire time previously.
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Re: Thanks China (and Canada) . . . Topic: CoronaVirus!
« Reply #1674 on: March 19, 2020, 04:25:57 PM »
That's positive news.
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