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“It’s not even about the beds. The reality is we need trained staff in order to staff those beds.”
Alberta, let me tell you what happens when your health care system is about to collapse. https://twitter.com/calgaryherald/status/1386088721930506243
Alberta, let me tell you what happens when your health care system is about to collapse. https://twitter.com/calgaryherald/status/1386088721930506243
My dad is going on a ventilator at Sunnybrook Hospital as I write this and got the Anointing of the Sick (Last Rites) by the hospital chaplain.
He is not obese, does not have diabetes or cancer, is not vitamin deficient, exercises regularly, is not a senior or immunocompromised. https://twitter.com/macleans/status/1385073979082301440
He is not obese, does not have diabetes or cancer, is not vitamin deficient, exercises regularly, is not a senior or immunocompromised. https://twitter.com/macleans/status/1385073979082301440
His major symptoms were fatigue, fever, coughing and aching joints. That changed last Friday evening with dehydration and breathing problems.
EMS took him to a packed COVID-19 unit. He stayed long enough to be stabilized, was given a steroid for breathing and sent home.
EMS took him to a packed COVID-19 unit. He stayed long enough to be stabilized, was given a steroid for breathing and sent home.
There was no guarantee he would be admitted if he had to return.
Doctors would have normally kept him for observation, but this wasn’t possible because THERE ARE NO MORE FUCKING BEDS. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04/15/this-is-beyond-what-weve-ever-anticipated-hospitals-scramble-to-redeploy-medical-staff-amid-worsening-third-wave.html
Doctors would have normally kept him for observation, but this wasn’t possible because THERE ARE NO MORE FUCKING BEDS. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04/15/this-is-beyond-what-weve-ever-anticipated-hospitals-scramble-to-redeploy-medical-staff-amid-worsening-third-wave.html
The fact that Sick Kids Hospital is accepting COVID-19 patients shows how grim things are. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/04/12/todays-coronavirus-news-april-12-2021-covid-coronavirus.html
A bed is not just a bed. It includes other factors like qualified staffing, equipment, ventilators and medications.
You can’t take a nurse from a different department or the Canadian Forces if they have no ICU qualifications and make them an ICU nurse.
You can’t take a nurse from a different department or the Canadian Forces if they have no ICU qualifications and make them an ICU nurse.
I guarantee you those stupid TikTok and Instagram videos of bored nurses dancing are not in COVID-19 units. I know enough ER nurses to know an ER shift never comes with a moment of peace. https://torontolife.com/city/we-have-entire-families-coming-in-with-covid-this-scarborough-er-doctor-is-working-overnight-shifts-in-one-of-the-citys-raging-covid-hot-spots/
When my dad went home, my nurse mom monitored his vitals regularly and noticed his oxygen dropping.
My dad would have died at home if it was not for the lobbying of a Telehealth doctor and my mom’s nursing background. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-patients-dying-at-home-ontario-coroner-1.6000327
My dad would have died at home if it was not for the lobbying of a Telehealth doctor and my mom’s nursing background. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-patients-dying-at-home-ontario-coroner-1.6000327
How many people died at home because they don’t have someone who can accurately monitor and describe symptoms, recognize when someone is about to crash, or manage a medication regimen? https://nationalpost.com/news/significant-number-of-young-people-are-dying-at-home-with-covid-19-ontario-coroner
Never forgive the leaders that allowed things to get this bad.
Do not even consider forgiveness unless it comes with a resignation and a promise to stay out of public service.
Never let them rehabilitate their images when the pandemic ends. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-amid-the-third-wave-of-covid-19-our-governments-continue-to-fail-us/
Do not even consider forgiveness unless it comes with a resignation and a promise to stay out of public service.
Never let them rehabilitate their images when the pandemic ends. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-amid-the-third-wave-of-covid-19-our-governments-continue-to-fail-us/
Never forget how a lot major corporations were allowed to make their employees work in these conditions. https://financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/amazon-ordered-to-close-canadian-facility-on-covid-19-outbreak/
Never forget how entire communities were treated throughout this crisis. https://twitter.com/fatimabsyed/status/1386097245586608130
If there is any justice, every leader that allowed things to get this bad will spend the rest of their lives tormented by the people who died because of their leadership. https://twitter.com/edmontonjournal/status/1385659880414003212
Start treating people yelling “bUT iT’s jUSt tHE fLu” like the idiots they are.
These people are as stupid and delusional as Flat Earthers. https://twitter.com/grantrants/status/1381983321182339074
These people are as stupid and delusional as Flat Earthers. https://twitter.com/grantrants/status/1381983321182339074
To the people arguing “let people decide for themselves and take the risk,” you don’t have the right to potentially infect others and put their families through this, you selfish fucks. https://twitter.com/ctv_avisfavaro/status/1385279022926544896
I posted the wrong link here: https://www.sickkids.ca/en/news/archive/2021/preparing-to-receive-admissions-of-younger-adults-with-covid19-to-icu/ https://twitter.com/vincemcdermott/status/1386178551104172035
To clarify, I don’t blame individual provinces for our COVID-19 situation. I blame every single level of government in this country. https://twitter.com/vincemcdermott/status/1386179498291318788
I’m muting this thread, but I thank you all for the thoughts and kind words.
Don’t forget I’m one of countless families going through this.
Right now, all nine ICU beds in Fort McMurray have COVID-19 patients. Hospitalizations are rising.
Leaving this here: https://twitter.com/vincemcdermott/status/1343276380201447424
Don’t forget I’m one of countless families going through this.
Right now, all nine ICU beds in Fort McMurray have COVID-19 patients. Hospitalizations are rising.
Leaving this here: https://twitter.com/vincemcdermott/status/1343276380201447424
