Posted on 03/29/2020 4:18:02 AM PDT by Liz
Yes this is a serious illness. It so far is not as bad as H1N1 was when it
came through. it may get there we will see. However it is not worth the rank panic and fearmongering running rampant through the country and on this board. I am so tired of nonmedical or long retired medical professionals from unrelated fields calling me names and a liar and breathlessly provided false information I could vomit. Everyone needs to go sit in the corner and take a deep breath, and to shut up if the are speculating and are not part of the solution. Thank you for your common sense comment.
I had to spend time looking up a bunch of the medspeak but it was worth it.
I agree with you.
For me, since I am basically lazy, it's a lot easier to do what it takes to NOT get it, than to deal with what it takes to recover or die if I have it.
So, Bubba pandered to queers
They will do fine. Most that need oxygen do not end up on vents, if they feel worse they can come back. You do what you have to. It is standard practice to admit everyone with meningitis to the hospital. The first year we had west Nile meningitis in our community I was sending 3-4 people a day with clinical meningitis home without even a spinal tap, They were fine. You do what you have to with what is going around In the community. I will say I live in one of the hot spots (not NY) and yes we have a fair number of Covid cases in house but our hospitals are largely empty. Other than woefully inadequate PPE we are doing fine.
As I was reading the article, it struck me that that this was written by a group of first/second year medical students who did some research then posted this to show how smart they are. ;o)
Heh.....you got that right.
It is telling, that NOT ONCE during her ill-fated 2016 campaign did Hillary mention the “fine work of Bill and the C/F.”
Funny, I had an extended conversation yesterday with a good friend who is also an ER physician in a small community in SE Ill.
His experience is somewhat at odds with this fellow on a couple of issues.
1. The percentage of serious cases requiring hospitalization and turning critical has been 90% mild/10%/3%.
2.His experience with the efficacy of HCQ/Z-Pac has been nothing short of impressive. He has been so pleased with the combo as an effective treatment that he’s begun prescribing it as a prophylactic for those most likely to be exposed.
Oh and btw, he has tested positive for the COVID-19 antibodies.
That's very true, and it has nothing to do with the practice of medicine.
I’ll say this. In all my years I never saw ONE ER doc come up to the ICU to see how his patient was doing. That’s not quite true. There was the prostitute with the tattoo of a heart and “Daddy” in it. They all came up to see her.
More knowledge acquired.
Thank you, FRiend.
May God keep watch.
Tatt
The multiple manifestations of the virus and its severity are indeed alarming.
They need to nail that down.....geography, medical history, contamination? What?
IMHO the social changes this disease will precipitate will be under pressure from every source. Doctors will be only one. Something tells me today’s doctors won’t be able to defend the profession.
You got that right. Just his claim of knowing how these patients did after admission does not ring true. They intubate them and send them up unless they are too busy to intubated and they leave it to us. Then on to the next patient. Particularly when they are as busy as this guy says
Can we assume the lady’s tattoo was on an unmentionable place?
LOL.
You, too. Stay safe.
Y/V/W.
No. It was right out there. Right deltoid.
No. It was right out there. Right deltoid. I’d tell you what she died from but it would be nasty.
Oh....OK.
I have been yelled at by some of the best surgeons there are as a function of where I trained. I can tell you that when they are yelling and screaming I politely ask them to finish their art project while I try the hell to save the patients life.
My favorite surgeon anesthesia quips:
1. Surgeon. Damn it patient is moving
Anesthesiologist. Good. That’s a sign you haven’t killed him yet
2. Surgeon. Where is the bleeding coming from
Anesthesiologist. No idea. But I am guessing it has some to do with that big knife you just used
3. Anesthesiologist. Where is the bleeding form
Surgeon. Not bleeding. Just oozing (asks for suture)
Anesthesiologist. Wow. I never learned how to suture oozing
4. Anesthesiologist. Case is canceled
Surgeon. You can’t cancel my case
Anesthesiologist. You are right. Anesthetic is cancelled. Feel free to proceed.
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