Re the hospitals not seeming to be busy:
I am not able to speak to hospitals of other areas, but last week we were in Wichita, and the hospitals there have instituted a “no visitors” policy. Car and pedestrian traffic appears to be down, and it is possible to find parking, but definitely the hospitals ARE busy with corona patients as well as their other patients who have life-saving need. Elective surgeries and treatments are postponed. I guess my point is that the seeming lack of a war zone appearance may be deceptive.
I agree that there are many things going on right now, both seen and unseen. I am so grateful, as you have so ably expressed, that we have ourselves a “WINNING!” president!
Elective surgeries and treatments are postponed. I guess my point is that the seeming lack of a war zone appearance may be deceptive.
Right, I would think most big hospital ICU’s would be slammed and other departments would be slack due to pt’s not wanting to be in hospital because of the virus.
So not sure what other nurses would be doing. They could back up the Rn’s on the unit but not that many have been trained for that skill level.
I sure would like to get the buggers who have been hoarding the masks etc.
And as far as the vents go, they have always been tight. Not all vents are the same, new ones are pretty high tech and need to be so.
Posting the next day, but Rush is discussing the hospital empty situation.
So what I take away is everyone in the country went to defcon 5 status, and for most places in the country its just not turning out like that, at least for now. And with the cancelled elective surgeries and lack of visitors, and fewer emergencies because so many are home... Surgical nurses are being reassigned to the floors not because it’s so terribly overwhelmed by cases, but because a huge proportion of the surgeries have been put off. And the emergencies are down from lack of traffic accidents, and probably at least reduced gang violence.