Dallas be like... Second Ebola patient in Texas (a nurse)

[The Buff OP]

The original patient though... He literally carried a woman with Ebola then got on a plane. -_-

It just gets me angry how that hospital in Dallas keeps making everything worse.

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[The Buff OP]

Got a new one.

 

[PlaqueBuster]

It just gets me angry how that hospital in Dallas keeps making everything worse.

I don't think you understand the situation. There are 2 cases of Ebola in the United States and you are mad whereas 10,000 in Africa did nothing to anyone's emotions...s**t happens and something like this will spread because of the 21 day incubation time. People don't know until its too late and now everyone else is worried from their contact with them. What happened at the hospital typically happens when any country faces a new crisis. No one can be 100% prepared when they are dealing with something new. We learn from the mistakes. I would be surprised if the infected in the US goes beyond 50. Just stop worrying and let the officials do what they have to do

 

[The Buff OP]

I don't think you understand the situation. There are 2 cases of Ebola in the United States and you are mad whereas 10,000 in Africa did nothing to anyone's emotions...s**t happens and something like this will spread because of the 21 day incubation time. People don't know until its too late and now everyone else is worried from their contact with them. What happened at the hospital typically happens when any country faces a new crisis. No one can be 100% prepared when they are dealing with something new. We learn from the mistakes. I would be surprised if the infected in the US goes beyond 50. Just stop worrying and let the officials do what they have to do

I think you did not understand my comment.

 

[fab4fan]

Why was a 26-year-old nurse who started working in critical care 3 weeks ago working on an Ebola patient??!

She was working in critical care longer than three weeks. She was recently certified in critical care nursing, which requires at least a year of critical care nursing before you can write the exam.


Initial Eligibility Requirements

• Current unencumbered licensure as an RN or APRN in the U.S. is required.
  • An unencumbered license is not currently being subjected to formal discipline by any board of nursing and has no provisions or conditions that limit the nurse's practice in any way.
• Candidates must meet one of the following clinical practice requirement options:
  • Option 1: Practice as an RN or APRN for 1,750 hours in direct bedside care of acutely and/or critically ill patients during the previous two years, with 875 of those hours accrued in the most recent year preceding application.
  • Option 2: Practice as an RN or APRN for at least five years with a minimum of 2,000 hours in direct bedside care of acutely and/or critically ill patients, with 144 of those hours accrued in the most recent year preceding application.
• Eligible clinical practice hours are those:
  • spent caring for a single patient population (adult, pediatric or neonatal) matching the exam for which you are applying.
  • spent supervising nurses or nursing students at the bedside, if working as a manager, educator (in-service or academic), APRN or preceptor.
  • completed in a U.S.-based or Canada-based facility or in a facility determined to be comparable to the U.S. standard of acute/critical care nursing practice.

 

[BidingMyTime]

It just gets me angry how that hospital in Dallas keeps making everything worse.

I get what you are saying, the original patient from Africa, he had no medical training, so its easier to understand that he did not understand the danger he was in and the danger he was spreading to others. On the other hand, a hospital in a major city in the US, it's full of people who have the best medical training, as well as very well trained ancillary personnel. I assume the Texas hospital had at least 1 full-time infection control specialist, with access to the best resources. So WHY did they make so many mishaps, OK, I can kind of understand thinking the guy had the flu, the physician wasn't aware he had travelled to Liberia....but considering gowns that are masking taped together as adequate protection when working on an Ebola patient? Really? Maybe I'm wrong, but I would have thought the CDC would have gotten them whatever protective gear they were lacking without hours. And surely a major hospital would have better protective gear than a taped up gown.

 

[mehc012]

The original patient though... He literally carried a woman with Ebola then got on a plane. -_-

Exactly...I mean, kudos to him I guess to risk his life helping someone, but to then turn around and risk your own family, not to mention people in multiple countries? Insane. And after carrying a victim of the disease and seeing the reactions of others, I cannot fathom a way in which he missed the severity of the situation. Perhaps I simply have difficulty fathoming the full extent of the education I have been fortunate enough to obtain.

The nurse is even worse, in my opinion, because she ostensibly had medical education and training and still risked people.

 

[PreciousHamburgers]

The nurses coworker just got sick as well. And of course she didn't listen to her travel 'ban' and flew on a plane anyway.

Looks like she called the CDC several times...

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebola-nurse-called-cdc-several-times/

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that Vinson called the agency several times before flying, saying that she had a fever with a temperature of 99.5 degrees. But because her fever wasn't 100.4 degrees or higher, she didn't officially fall into the group of "high risk" and was allowed to fly."

 

[PreciousHamburgers]

I don't think you understand the situation. There are 2 cases of Ebola in the United States and you are mad whereas 10,000 in Africa did nothing to anyone's emotions...s**t happens and something like this will spread because of the 21 day incubation time. People don't know until its too late and now everyone else is worried from their contact with them. What happened at the hospital typically happens when any country faces a new crisis. No one can be 100% prepared when they are dealing with something new. We learn from the mistakes. I would be surprised if the infected in the US goes beyond 50. Just stop worrying and let the officials do what they have to do

50 would be more than enough to cause a panic, especially if it spread to other cities/states, and have a measurable impact on the economy if people refuse to fly. I still think even 50 is highly unlikely.

 

[ridethecliche]

Looks like she called the CDC several times...

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebola-nurse-called-cdc-several-times/

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that Vinson called the agency several times before flying, saying that she had a fever with a temperature of 99.5 degrees. But because her fever wasn't 100.4 degrees or higher, she didn't officially fall into the group of "high risk" and was allowed to fly."

Yeah, I read late last night.

Oy vey.

 

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[seabiscuit31]

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[The Buff OP]

 

[Kochanie]

http://abc7chicago.com/news/univers...nter-to-admit-possible-ebola-patient-/360410/

BRB crying...

 

[Theafoni]

http://abc7chicago.com/news/univers...nter-to-admit-possible-ebola-patient-/360410/

BRB crying...

They're just taking precautionary measures, I don't think the two have been exposed to Ebola. Although that was initially the case with Duncan.

 

[The Buff OP]

http://abc7chicago.com/news/univers...nter-to-admit-possible-ebola-patient-/360410/

BRB crying...

LMAO! Don't worry about it.

 

[NickNaylor]

http://abc7chicago.com/news/univers...nter-to-admit-possible-ebola-patient-/360410/

BRB crying...

We've been getting near daily e-mails about how prepared our hospital is for a potential Ebola case. It was actually getting quite annoying. When this was first reported, we received an e-mail from our dean stating that 1) the diagnosis had not been confirmed and 2) no students will be participating in this patient's care.

Hopefully the best possible outcome (no Ebola) is what ends up being true.

 

[The Buff OP]

Nina Pham kicks Ebola's ass!
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/25/us/nina-pham-free-of-ebola-virus.html?_r=0

 

[bacardi]

 

[ridethecliche]

As Ms. Pham was being released from the hospital in Bethesda, Emory University Hospital in Atlanta announced that Amber Vinson, the other nurse infected with Ebola in Dallas, was “making good progress” and that “tests no longer detect virus in her blood.”

However, Ms. Vinson was still being hospitalized at Emory for “supportive care,” a spokesman said, with no date scheduled for her discharge.



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Sounds positive!