Yeah, every day that passes I just hear about more and more people getting exponentially infected in and out of the hospital. Only 3 RT’s out of ~ 25 in my hospital thus far since the pandemic started, but we have 4-5 ICU nurses out this week due to infection, and I’m sure many others that I just haven’t specifically heard about. That’s not good at all, and sh*t is definitely about to hit the fan with less staff accompanying more admissions even though they are less ill.
The general public needs to step up and take it upon themselves to try and make efforts to slow the spread…even small things. Obviously most people don’t care enough (or at all) to do that, so healthcare personnel will continue taking the brunt of the battle for everyone. Nothing new there.
Today wasn’t overly busy for me as RT was fully staffed, but I still didn’t have time to even count the number of COVID patients today. I did have the ED today and the most notable patient was a middle aged Down Syndrome patient (our second). His caregiver said ”neither of us got vaccinated because every time we got the flu vaccine, we ended up getting the flu”
He was on 90% High Flow oxygen upon entering the door and the caregiver agreed to intubation. The ED provider and I were happy with where he was because we were simply too tired of going through the same old sh*t again for something that really won’t significantly increase his chances of survival anyway. I’m advocating for morphine drips when anyone requires anything more than 2L of oxygen these days.
Rocket
Those pediatricians don’t stand a chance against a bombardment of positive kids. Are they not in full PPE and pre screening for symptoms? Sad that all the other kids who might need more routine care may not be able to be seen for quite some time if they don’t implement some standards quickly. And apparently try to get help in the meantime.
True dat..
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