I wonder what the average patient load is at this hospital. It sounds like they have some serious Personnel issues or the staff is burned out. Most, if not all major hospitals were given briefs on the illness and directed to be alert for certain conditions like having been to Africa and severe vomiting. It could have come down to one nurse not doing her job or a Doctor not doing his. A certain arrogance is developed after seeing and doing the same thing over and over. You’ve seen it all, blah blah, next patient.
Welcome to the meat grinder called American emergency care.
Even the best hospital’s ER Admitting staff leave a great deal to be desired and usually with some Affirmative Action attitude.
Likely the Country of Origin info never reached the Presbyterian ER Med Staff.
The nurse or physician who gave the Ebola patient antibiotics and sent him home may be indicative of another problem we have been creating for decades...most of us have experienced the dull, slothful hand of affirmative action at least a few times. It is hard to fit this mentality into a fast moving, high stakes environment where critical thinking skills are required. Not saying this was definitely a factor here but at some point it will be.
The WSJ buried the lede on the story today. The only original information in the story was that the admitting nurse actually had the competence to go down an Ebola checklist and interview the patient properly.
The information didn’t make it to the rest of the staff of the hospital, and the hospital LET HIM GO!!!!
So, first time at bat, the evidence is in place that the hospital KNOWS what it is supposed to do, and not only did they strike out, they forfeited the game.
Not ready. The morons quoted in the WSJ said, “This should be a wake up call to other hospitals . . .”
You think?
Has nothing to do with patient load, at all. Hospitals are the first line of defense in public health emergencies - natural or intentional. There was no mass casualty situation going on at the time. They knew it was coming. They executed the checklist. The nurse passed the information. The doctor DIDN’T READ IT, prescribed the antibiotics, and LET HIM GO.
That’s the kind of stuff that someone in federal government, or STATE government should come down on like a ton of bricks. I haven’t seen any reports of how many kids showed up at the FOUR SCHOOLS where exposed students attend.
The superintendent said ‘extra custodial staff’ would be on duty. So, there you go.
Perry is going to be tested as a President. He’s now got every reason to make the border a state security issue.