Posted on 10/01/2014 7:00:09 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
SHELBY COUNTY, TN - (WMC) - With concerns over the spreading Enterovirus, Shelby County health leaders are also preparing for a possible outbreak of the flu.
October is about the time of year that doctors start seeing more flu cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
That is why the emergency room at Regional Medical Center and more than a dozen Mid-South hospitals will be packed with fake patients on Wednesday.
High school and medical reserve corps volunteers will be transported in masses to at least 18 Mid-South hospitals, all with fake flu symptoms.
The Shelby County Health Department hopes Wednesday's exercise will test the hospitals' response in case there's a rush of patients. Experts say now is the best time to get a flu shot, in order to prevent something like this happening in real life.
The exercise will not impact daily emergency room operations at any of the participating hospitals.
October is about the time of year that doctors start seeing more flu Ebola cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
That is why the emergency room at Regional Medical Center and more than a dozen Mid-South hospitals will be packed with fake patients on Wednesday.
High school and medical reserve corps volunteers will be transported in masses to at least 18 Mid-South hospitals, all with fake flu Ebola symptoms.
The Shelby County Health Department hopes Wednesday's exercise will test the hospitals' response in case there's a rush of patients. Experts say now is the best time to get a flu shot shut down all flights to countries that have an Ebola Outbreak, in order to prevent something like this happening in real life.
The exercise will not impact daily emergency room operations at any of the participating hospitals.
There fixed it for ya...
Just yesterday I went to my local clinic for a follow up and wow I have never been so bombarded with pressure to take the flu shot. I told not now I will think it over since I am unemployed and always in my house. Last year did not get the flu. Yesterday was just wow they behaved as if I was going to catch the Ebola lol.
My sister in law caught this stuff a month ago on a cruise. They had the whole famdamily with them and everybody caught it. She relapsed a couple of weeks ago and finally broke down and went to the doctor. Now she has pneumonia and is in bed with 6 prescriptions. I’m shocked they didn’t put her in the hospital.
My G-G-Grandfather and some of his siblings died in the 1918 flu epidemic.
This should be an interesting flu season.
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