The major hospital near me is furloughing nurses as of today. 3 hrs from nyc, seems odd. Im told from a family member they have 20 cases. They are running at 20% capacity with other essential cases.
True. Work in the industry. With all the elective procedures cancelled (hips and knees, they pay the bills) and some governors ordering conversion of beds to ICU beds (more staffing) hospitals are bleeding out. I see (personally, not in NYC) nurses sitting around waiting for the "influx" of patients. We have two. The hospital is empty.
They are running out of money because the people who make the decisions have no idea how hospitals operate.
It will take a massive payout to get them afloat again....and one of the only ways to get some CARES/FEMA is to code deaths as Covid (even if just suspected).
I just watched the LA county presser, and they listed the empty beds available at around 2,000, with 100 ICU beds available, plus the state is reopening a recently closed SoCal hospital, adding another 1000+ beds. I don't completely dismiss the viral outbreak, but this is being wildly oversold. Wildly.
The hospitals are empty because of significantly fewer car accidents, shootings, and people who would otherwise show up for whatever just avoiding the ER at almost all costs. Also all electives being postponed.
Coronavirus patients are being routed elsewhere, and most nurses aren't interested in being re-assigned.
True fact. I also happen to know a few non profit organizations that set up makeshift hospitals to treat corona-virus patients. A large percentage of thise who are hospitalized are not coming out.
Hospital are not allowing relative in to make decisions for incapacitated relatives, and ventilators appear to be killing more than they are helping
It's highly variable oxygenation with patient position, implying some kind if impaired diffusion capacity, which could mean something like micro embolisms. Prone positioning wouldn't do anything for a process that was purely an impairment of hemoglobin. I'm not saying its not happening, but there it's at least something else going on in the picture
A caller on Rush the other day suggested hemolungs should be being used as opposed to ventilators. Smaller/easier to manufacture and in his opinion better suited to help people breathe. Rush was semi-dismissive of him, but they went to break and checked him out and he was actually the director of an anesthesiology department like he claimed to be.
Wife is a nurse at a very major medical facility, 4k employees on campus total, she works in the hospital and since ALL the other elective procedure departments and buildings are closed, she is being sent home early and offered PTO leave just so they can rotate in some of the employees (for her spot) who literally have nothing to do. Sister in law also at a smaller hospital a few hours away as a nurse, but her department was cardiac rehab education, and guess what - no need for that now, either. She has been cut to 2 days a week working in the kitchen.
And all this has nothing to do with whether or not they will ever need the ICU/bed space for COVID patients - it is all just a reflection of how these hospitals have stopped doing ANY elective procedures, combined with patients STAYING AWAY even for most emergency care - the ERs are relatively empty too.
So far it seems the built capacity (in my state anyway) has been WAY overbuilt, probably becuase they went by the shitty media-driven models of needed bed space. Fucking media. Now, we havent peaked yet here, either, so perhaps at peak that capacity will be needed, but it sure doesnt look that way right now.
And for this we are going to go thru a self-induced great depression?
My wife is a cardiac care nurse for a large cardiology office. Her hours have dropped to practically nothing. You'd think people would still need cardiac care even with a pandemic, but even that's been shelved for the time being.
Yea, I'm a hospital nurse, I got low censused today, one of us has gotten low censused every day for two weeks. Our unit is at less than half our normal census. At least I'm a floor nurses not an OR nurse, they are SOL.
As I mentioned in a previous thread, I have two relatives that work in hospitals.
One was laid off a week and an half ago because they have almost nothing for RNs and CNAs to do. Their hospital serves a very low income area and there just aren't any patients right now, especially illegals.
The other is still working but things have been insanely slow.
I believe him, but where is he? Some hospitals in NYC are fine, but outer borough hospitals are a shitshow. I hope his hospital stays boring and we can all get back to work soon.
If y'all don't know Robert Barnes, he is awesome. He is a brilliant attorney. The few videos he has on YT are amazing. But check out his livestreams with Viva Frei on YT.
Always treat media headlines with a certain amount of skepticism. I believe there may be some in NY/Nj metro area who are getting fairly maxed on ICU and regualr COVID patients- alot of switching units from other specialty units to take care of vented COVID patients and same with those not as critically ill but as others have said. There are open beds because of the lack of other types of patients-people not doing dangerous things, so no trauma, and for some reason fewer strokes and heart attacks. Poor media are going to be disappointed........their agenda is going to get derailed.
I keep seeing photos of all these makeshift hospitals in my city. One even showcases infant beds with chairs nearby for grieving parents to sit next to their dying child.
Except all the beds are empty. Not one single one being used yet.
My wife's contract was just cancelled due to lack of funding for even permanent staff. That is only possible in a hospital that is getting far fewer patients than they normally would. This is in one of the top ten populated cities, as well.
I wonder if fear has caused a lot of people to avoid hospitals who simply don't need to go. How much has our system been overburdened with hospital and ER visits that were unnecessary? Maybe it's also kept a lot of illegals at "home".
Do you often cut your medical staff's wages by 30% during a pandemic?
No? That would be a retarded thing to do? Exactly.
Outside of the hotzones it's a fucking ghost town because people aren't interacting and transacting so nobody is getting sick! All those elective surgeries? GONE! Income drops to zero whilst hospitals in NYC are offering thousands in benefit packages to lure nurses in.
The major hospital near me is furloughing nurses as of today. 3 hrs from nyc, seems odd. Im told from a family member they have 20 cases. They are running at 20% capacity with other essential cases.
True. Work in the industry. With all the elective procedures cancelled (hips and knees, they pay the bills) and some governors ordering conversion of beds to ICU beds (more staffing) hospitals are bleeding out. I see (personally, not in NYC) nurses sitting around waiting for the "influx" of patients. We have two. The hospital is empty.
They are running out of money because the people who make the decisions have no idea how hospitals operate.
It will take a massive payout to get them afloat again....and one of the only ways to get some CARES/FEMA is to code deaths as Covid (even if just suspected).
The implications of the plandemic, are not even known yet, let alone comprehended.
I'm not sure the dims have thought about implications beyond crippling the economy and stealing the election.
Local hospital near me furloughed hundreds of employees.
I just watched the LA county presser, and they listed the empty beds available at around 2,000, with 100 ICU beds available, plus the state is reopening a recently closed SoCal hospital, adding another 1000+ beds. I don't completely dismiss the viral outbreak, but this is being wildly oversold. Wildly.
The hospitals are empty because of significantly fewer car accidents, shootings, and people who would otherwise show up for whatever just avoiding the ER at almost all costs. Also all electives being postponed.
Coronavirus patients are being routed elsewhere, and most nurses aren't interested in being re-assigned.
Interesting observation.
Can't wait to see the shooting stats on Chicago and other cities with a traditionally large body count.
Don't wait, heyjackass.com is an up to date site with Chicago gun violence stats.
Thank you.
Interesting webpage, thank you. They're still cap'n each other, but the killin' business has dropped a bit.
Much more difficult to convince people in the hood that an enemy they can't see is more of a threat than the enemies they do see.
Coronavirus might have a 1% chance to kill you, but the cousin of the dude you shot last week has a 100% chance if you let your guard down.
Uh oh, the stats are climbing. The niggly bears be wakin up!
It's like when it snows. Murder down. Domestics up. People are animals.
But but but I thought all hospitals would be overwhelmed?!?!? What happened?
True fact. I also happen to know a few non profit organizations that set up makeshift hospitals to treat corona-virus patients. A large percentage of thise who are hospitalized are not coming out.
Hospital are not allowing relative in to make decisions for incapacitated relatives, and ventilators appear to be killing more than they are helping
https://nypost.com/2020/04/06/nyc-doctor-says-coronavirus-ventilator-settings-are-too-high/
It's because they used ARDSnet criteria, and people are starting to realize it's not ARDS but some kind of shunting defect.
Dr. seemed to indicate it may be a blood virus that prevents the hemoglobin from transporting oxygen
It's highly variable oxygenation with patient position, implying some kind if impaired diffusion capacity, which could mean something like micro embolisms. Prone positioning wouldn't do anything for a process that was purely an impairment of hemoglobin. I'm not saying its not happening, but there it's at least something else going on in the picture
A caller on Rush the other day suggested hemolungs should be being used as opposed to ventilators. Smaller/easier to manufacture and in his opinion better suited to help people breathe. Rush was semi-dismissive of him, but they went to break and checked him out and he was actually the director of an anesthesiology department like he claimed to be.
The main hospital in Sarasota, Florida just laid off a bunch of staff. Same "problem" - no business.
Wife is a nurse at a very major medical facility, 4k employees on campus total, she works in the hospital and since ALL the other elective procedure departments and buildings are closed, she is being sent home early and offered PTO leave just so they can rotate in some of the employees (for her spot) who literally have nothing to do. Sister in law also at a smaller hospital a few hours away as a nurse, but her department was cardiac rehab education, and guess what - no need for that now, either. She has been cut to 2 days a week working in the kitchen.
And all this has nothing to do with whether or not they will ever need the ICU/bed space for COVID patients - it is all just a reflection of how these hospitals have stopped doing ANY elective procedures, combined with patients STAYING AWAY even for most emergency care - the ERs are relatively empty too.
So far it seems the built capacity (in my state anyway) has been WAY overbuilt, probably becuase they went by the shitty media-driven models of needed bed space. Fucking media. Now, we havent peaked yet here, either, so perhaps at peak that capacity will be needed, but it sure doesnt look that way right now.
And for this we are going to go thru a self-induced great depression?
My wife is a cardiac care nurse for a large cardiology office. Her hours have dropped to practically nothing. You'd think people would still need cardiac care even with a pandemic, but even that's been shelved for the time being.
yea, who cares about a heart attack when you could have the sniffles.
Yea, I'm a hospital nurse, I got low censused today, one of us has gotten low censused every day for two weeks. Our unit is at less than half our normal census. At least I'm a floor nurses not an OR nurse, they are SOL.
As I mentioned in a previous thread, I have two relatives that work in hospitals.
One was laid off a week and an half ago because they have almost nothing for RNs and CNAs to do. Their hospital serves a very low income area and there just aren't any patients right now, especially illegals.
The other is still working but things have been insanely slow.
That’s funny. My hospital is empty and we are a level 1 trauma.
These are obviously lies.
We are all dead from coronavirus, so they must be.
I'm still dead from net neutrality.
I believe him, but where is he? Some hospitals in NYC are fine, but outer borough hospitals are a shitshow. I hope his hospital stays boring and we can all get back to work soon.
If y'all don't know Robert Barnes, he is awesome. He is a brilliant attorney. The few videos he has on YT are amazing. But check out his livestreams with Viva Frei on YT.
Always treat media headlines with a certain amount of skepticism. I believe there may be some in NY/Nj metro area who are getting fairly maxed on ICU and regualr COVID patients- alot of switching units from other specialty units to take care of vented COVID patients and same with those not as critically ill but as others have said. There are open beds because of the lack of other types of patients-people not doing dangerous things, so no trauma, and for some reason fewer strokes and heart attacks. Poor media are going to be disappointed........their agenda is going to get derailed.
I keep seeing photos of all these makeshift hospitals in my city. One even showcases infant beds with chairs nearby for grieving parents to sit next to their dying child.
Except all the beds are empty. Not one single one being used yet.
My wife's contract was just cancelled due to lack of funding for even permanent staff. That is only possible in a hospital that is getting far fewer patients than they normally would. This is in one of the top ten populated cities, as well.
I wonder if fear has caused a lot of people to avoid hospitals who simply don't need to go. How much has our system been overburdened with hospital and ER visits that were unnecessary? Maybe it's also kept a lot of illegals at "home".
My sister-in-law is a doctor, and at her hospital they’re furloughing nurses. Usually the hospital has 300 patients. Right now they have 180.
Perception over reality. You'd think by now people have learned to more skeptical about the media.
Is he referring to a specific hospital? I know some specialty clinics that have a drop off because people aren't going out for their regular checkups.
Do you often cut your medical staff's wages by 30% during a pandemic?
No? That would be a retarded thing to do? Exactly.
Outside of the hotzones it's a fucking ghost town because people aren't interacting and transacting so nobody is getting sick! All those elective surgeries? GONE! Income drops to zero whilst hospitals in NYC are offering thousands in benefit packages to lure nurses in.