z987k
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I'm curious what they would have done if someone said yes.
Hypothetically Speaking....
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NickH
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Probably sent them to hang out at a local school or elder care facility.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
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The ordinary flu has killed 12,000 Americans and infected 22 million so far this year. And it still has another month of peak flu season to go. But you guys keep on worrying about this instead of worrying about Karen who spreads anti-vax nonsense and doesn’t have any of her six hellspawn vaccinated while they’re at school around your kids.
Bob Ridpath
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This times a thousand!
ppragman
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Not necessarily.
A virus that spreads more 10x readily and has a longer incubation period would be way worse even if the mortality rate was 1/10 that of SARS.
NickH
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The mortality rate isn't as bad. But the total number of deaths is already worse, and the potential for worldwide spread is significantly worse. Because the symptoms of SARs were much worse, people went to the hospital quickly after contracting it. With this variant, since the symptoms are mild for most people, they are less likely to seek treatment, staying in the wild and potentially infecting others.
Roger Roger
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Officially, we will do it with droplet precautions N95, safety glasses, gown.
Unofficially, we got hold of an isopod and some PAPRs with hoods.
Unofficially, we got hold of an isopod and some PAPRs with hoods.
Itchy
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I’m officially jealous.
Roger Roger
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Apparently our FD had 3 sitting in a warehouse collecting dust. So we arranged to borrow one until this is over. Our hospital has some insane number of extra PAPR units and one of our nurses is making hoods from Tyvek so the med crew can use a PAPR gear if appropriate. They’re not messing around.
deadstick
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How’d I miss this party??? Wow...this early Feb thread was an interesting read in light of the last 4-6 weeks.
I was going write that it did remind me of Ebola. We didn’t have the training or the equipment at that time, and the company wasn’t providing either. We did let the leadership know that they could contact Phoenix Aviation down in Cartersville. That was the place with the ex-Danish AF Gulfstream IIIs, I believe the only ones in the country at the time, that were configured (negative pressure?) to safely carry such patients.
As for the role of FW EMS, there’s a reason RW EMS (aka HAA) has it’s own section in 14 CFR 135. FW EMS is nothing more than on-demand. No capes.
I was going write that it did remind me of Ebola. We didn’t have the training or the equipment at that time, and the company wasn’t providing either. We did let the leadership know that they could contact Phoenix Aviation down in Cartersville. That was the place with the ex-Danish AF Gulfstream IIIs, I believe the only ones in the country at the time, that were configured (negative pressure?) to safely carry such patients.
As for the role of FW EMS, there’s a reason RW EMS (aka HAA) has it’s own section in 14 CFR 135. FW EMS is nothing more than on-demand. No capes.
deadstick
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Looks like the Air Force is just now trying to figure this one out.
Air Force Testing Ability to Mass-Evacuate COVID Patients Without Getting Crews Sick
Air Force Testing Ability to Mass-Evacuate COVID Patients Without Getting Crews Sick
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