Neverending Covid-19 Coronavirus

Tillman said:
the staff at the hospital my wife works at is getting hit hard with cases... it's becoming a huge problem there. I appreciate her insight and knowledge on all this but man is she really starting to freak me out
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I do CT scans at a hospital in Vancouver, WA (a suburb of Portland, OR and about 150 miles south of Seattle). I usually do interventional procedures, not ER or diagnostic cases, but I imagine I'll end up back in diagnostic fairly soon. We had 2 new cases today. We aren't as bad as Seattle/Kirkland, YET. We've put up 3 big tents outside the ER for triage. We are finally starting to take temps at the door tonight. I ordered N95 masks from the stockroom and got none. I'm not freaking, yet. A lot of stress and a bit of resignation or acceptance that if I don't have it in a couple of weeks, it's gonna be a miracle. I'm not feeling very optimistic.

Let her know all of us healthcare workers in the, so far, less hit places are thinking of them! We can't do anything, but we're hoping for the best for everyone.
 
batkins said:
I do CT scans at a hospital in Vancouver, WA (a suburb of Portland, OR and about 150 miles south of Seattle). I usually do interventional procedures, not ER or diagnostic cases, but I imagine I'll end up back in diagnostic fairly soon. We had 2 new cases today. We aren't as bad as Seattle/Kirkland, YET. We've put up 3 big tents outside the ER for triage. We are finally starting to take temps at the door tonight. I ordered N95 masks from the stockroom and got none. I'm not freaking, yet. A lot of stress and a bit of resignation or acceptance that if I don't have it in a couple of weeks, it's gonna be a miracle. I'm not feeling very optimistic.

Let her know all of us healthcare workers in the, so far, less hit places are thinking of them! We can't do anything, but we're hoping for the best for everyone.
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I have NO DOUBT that all healthcare workers are thinking about and concerned for those fighting the good fight.

wishing you and all medical staff, from doctors and nurses down to the kitchen and janitorial services, all the best luck and health in the world.... you all deserve it more than anyone.
 
Tillman said:
the staff at the hospital my wife works at is getting hit hard with cases... it's becoming a huge problem there. I appreciate her insight and knowledge on all this but man is she really starting to freak me out
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Yeah...I couldn't imagine how it is in a New York hospital right now.

batkins said:
I do CT scans at a hospital in Vancouver, WA (a suburb of Portland, OR and about 150 miles south of Seattle). I usually do interventional procedures, not ER or diagnostic cases, but I imagine I'll end up back in diagnostic fairly soon. We had 2 new cases today. We aren't as bad as Seattle/Kirkland, YET. We've put up 3 big tents outside the ER for triage. We are finally starting to take temps at the door tonight. I ordered N95 masks from the stockroom and got none. I'm not freaking, yet. A lot of stress and a bit of resignation or acceptance that if I don't have it in a couple of weeks, it's gonna be a miracle. I'm not feeling very optimistic.
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I'm down in the hospital in Salem...we just started doing temps on the way in last night - I was off, but heard from a co-worker. We are in the middle of a big construction of a new tower that took over a parking lot where we would have set up tents, but right now there's no where to do that. Luckly the past week has actually been low census, it seems all those people that come to the ED for everything don't actually need to...or they do and they are staying away - only to NEED to come in this week - which won't help either.

The state is making a make-shift unit in a building in at the state fairgrounds...I don't think our hospital has anything to do with it, but they will be taking patients once we fill up.

Supposedly Salem Hospital has the busiest ER between San Francisco and Seattle, at least the big-wigs like to say it all the time....so I imagine we will be busy once testing ramps up.

Marion County did have its first death related to Covid today.
 
RenegadeMonster said:
Yikes

Where do you think we actually fall. Closer to some intervention or severe intervention?
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Hard to tell at this point. All the cities that did go in lock down are doing something that should eventually have an effect. Might be a good couple weeks before you start seeing leveling off of new cases though. Italy is doing something as well but they haven't reached the time where you start seeing leveling off.

In general, it depends on if/how people comply and how early the measures were taken.

Let's just say, I was not impressed with your leadership on this early on. The mixed messages is making it so some people still don't think it's a big deal. That's a big problem.
 
RenegadeMonster said:
The 34 year old man in California who died had the following underlying medical conditions.
  • Asthma as a child
  • Bronchitis as a child
  • Testicular cancer in 2016 (fully recovered)
If that's all it takes for underlying medical conditions this virus is much more deadly than we thought.
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yeah. respiratory issues such as asthma are considered high risk in regards to Coronavirus.

as a current asthma sufferer myself I'm more than a bit concerned.
 
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