SaintsManiac
Wait for it.
- Joined
- Dec 9, 2014
Stay home.
Yep for all those who are on a vent who are positive. Supposedly, it’s the standard now nationwide. The reason is b/c if a Covid patient on a vent codes, they’re not going to recover anyway b/c they’re that bad off. Scary to me especially when patients are there alone with no family or advocates. You just have to drop your loved one off & hope the hospital does the right thing & you get to see them again.Blanket DNRs?
The ppl I know are at Ochsner, Touro, the VA, & university. So then EJ is another one with similar reports.That is terrifying and the worst is that no family can be with them. And we are not to the peak.
Our niece is a nurse at East Jefferson.
Very scary times. People need to heed the lockdowns and stay home.
The ppl I know are at Ochsner, Touro, the VA, & university. So then EJ is another one with similar reports.
Yeah, you don't get it. My mental health was in the toilet 5 years ago when I was staying home. Suicidally. Getting a job probably did more for my mental health than anything else. Yes, I am calling people. Yes, i have Zoom meetings. But the lack of being able to leave the house, the lack of hugging people, and then the scary fact of this virus. It is messing with TONS of people that way. Then we have abusive homes... that is another problem.
Oh boy. Then you don’t want to know what it’s like to be on a vent.What more can we do? We're already stuck at home for who knows how long with nothing to do and nowhere to go. I'm watching my older brother slide into depression over being isolated from his friends at the senior center. He told me today that he'd rather be dead than live like this for months. And I know he can't be the only one. I am really afraid of what this is doing to people's mental health.
Don’t worry, not many people wanting a hug these days.Yeah, you don't get it. My mental health was in the toilet 5 years ago when I was staying home. Suicidally. Getting a job probably did more for my mental health than anything else. Yes, I am calling people. Yes, i have Zoom meetings. But the lack of being able to leave the house, the lack of hugging people, and then the scary fact of this virus. It is messing with TONS of people that way. Then we have abusive homes... that is another problem.
What kind of society have become if we do not protect the most vulnerable? Barbarians?
Yes, IF this is happening, it's scary AND disturbing. There has been a lot of discussion in the last couple of days... There is definitely a difference of opinion regarding whether or not this is necessary much less appropriate. And I will leave it there.Yep for all those who are on a vent who are positive. Supposedly, it’s the standard now nationwide. The reason is b/c if a Covid patient on a vent codes, they’re not going to recover anyway b/c they’re that bad off. Scary to me especially when patients are there alone with no family or advocates. You just have to drop your loved one off & hope the hospital does the right thing & you get to see them again.
VERY IMPORTANT fact that the mainstream news leaves out (just like all the other details and nuances about science): Don’t get 50,000 tests a day produced per day confused with 50,000 testing capacity per day.Abbott Laboratories (here in Illinois!) have just been FDA approved for the 15 minute coronavirus test. They expect to start sending out 50,000 tests a day starting next week!
More, better testing is coming!!! Something positive!
It's still something.
We will CREATE a lot more vulnerable people around the world if we crash the economy. That will cause widespread suffering, and will contribute to illness and death, especially in developing countries where the truly most vulnerable people are just getting by, as it is.What kind of society have become if we do not protect the most vulnerable? Barbarians?
What kind of society have become if we do not protect the most vulnerable? Barbarians?
See, here is the thing. ”Most vulnerable” doesn't simply refer to preexisting medical conditions in this situation. Our world currently has numerous “most vulnerable” groups that cannot be protected by any one solution. This is a global problem with global implications. And I don't just mean global in a geographic sense...this is truly all encompassing.We will CREATE a lot more vulnerable people around the world if we crash the economy. That will cause widespread suffering, and will contribute to illness and death, especially in developing countries where the truly most vulnerable people are just getting by, as it is.
It’s definitely happening in hospitals here. My sister works there & that’s their current protocol.Yes, IF this is happening, it's scary AND disturbing. There has been a lot of discussion in the last couple of days... There is definitely a difference of opinion regarding whether or not this is necessary much less appropriate. And I will leave it there.
We will CREATE a lot more vulnerable people around the world if we crash the economy. That will cause widespread suffering, and will contribute to illness and death, especially in developing countries where the truly most vulnerable people are just getting by, as it is.
Don’t get me started on Ochsner.My friend is an admin assistant at Ochsner. They won’t let her work from home. They have her taking temps of the staff.
She lost her sense of smell 2 days ago, but no fever, so they are making her come to work. It’s infuriating.
Staff are patient advocates. Nurses are patient advocates. In that situation I am advocating for the patient as if they were my own family member, and I trust my fellow nurses are doing the same everywhere, despite the trying circumstances. Patients are not alone. Just as reassurance, though I get what you are saying. Just want to give another perspective.Yep for all those who are on a vent who are positive. Supposedly, it’s the standard now nationwide. The reason is b/c if a Covid patient on a vent codes, they’re not going to recover anyway b/c they’re that bad off. Scary to me especially when patients are there alone with no family or advocates. You just have to drop your loved one off & hope the hospital does the right thing & you get to see them again.