Hospital personnel in the USA (nurses, residents, attendings): How busy are your hospitals?

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  • whaaaaaat

    Anonymous Poster

    4 years ago 03/22/2020 1:32pm EDT
    re: rn in oc

    (NYC)

    My little sister had a bad fall yesterday and parents had to take her to the hospital at NYU Langone.

    There was NOONE in the waiting area, and they were seen promptly.

    The only difference: They had to answer a few questions: Have you travelled recently? Are you feeling sick? etc. then they had their temperature taken. Thankfully they had no fever, so they saw a Dr and a nurse, and my sister had a bunch of X-rays.

    Not sure what happens if you're running a fever.

    At least for some issues (broken bones) you can still see a Dr even in a busy place like NYC.

  • Etomidate

    Anonymous Poster

    4 years ago 03/22/2020 5:52pm EDT
    re: whaaaaaat

    whaaaaaat wrote:

    (NYC)

    My little sister had a bad fall yesterday and parents had to take her to the hospital at NYU Langone.

    There was NOONE in the waiting area, and they were seen promptly.

    The only difference: They had to answer a few questions: Have you travelled recently? Are you feeling sick? etc. then they had their temperature taken. Thankfully they had no fever, so they saw a Dr and a nurse, and my sister had a bunch of X-rays.

    Not sure what happens if you're running a fever.

    At least for some issues (broken bones) you can still see a Dr even in a busy place like NYC.

    I would guess if you are running a fever, you would be tested and sent home with instructions to self-quarantine pending the results, provided you are otherwise stable and not requiring admission for respiratory concerns. (Most people would be ok to send home.) Although, I have heard of some places being low on tests and moving towards only testing patients for whom a positive test would change their management. In that case, a patient who is febrile but stable from a respiratory stand point would be sent home without a test and told to self-quarantine.

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    JohnNgugi

    Member since 06/21/2018.

    201 posts. Last post 1 year ago.
    4 years ago 03/22/2020 6:01pm EDT
    re: aquestionforhealthcare

    My wife is a CCU nurse in a midwestern town of 100k. It is very slow. All elective surgeries have been halted. "The whole hospital is down", is what she told me. They are anticipating a surge, but nothing has materialized as of yet.

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    Shannegen

    Member since 05/01/2019.

    62 posts. Last post 3 years ago.
    4 years ago 03/22/2020 6:02pm EDT
    re: party like it's 1859

    Unfortunately, the reagant is not going to be widely available to run the new test for at least 3 weeks. (Just got off a conference call with our healthcare leadership who were hoping we’d get enough to accelerate testing but for now our turnaround is 8-24 hours).

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    Shannegen

    Member since 05/01/2019.

    62 posts. Last post 3 years ago.
    4 years ago 03/22/2020 6:04pm EDT
    re: Etomidate

    This is completely accurate. Things are changing with our guidelines almost every other day though. We’re trying to be nimble and pragmatic.

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    Shannegen

    Member since 05/01/2019.

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    4 years ago 03/22/2020 6:11pm EDT
    re: aquestionforhealthcare

    - All elective surgeries and outpatient procedures are canceled

    - No visitors allowed in the building (except for labor and delivery, children and some exceptions for extreme cases in adults)

    - All staff have their temperature checked when they arrive and when they leave. Anyone with >100.4 is tested and kept out of work until they test negative

    - “Patients Under Investigation” are cohorted in one floor, or one area of the ICU depending on how sick they are

    - We have a few dozen patients throughout our health system (each hospital has a few cases, some more than others, multiple on life support). As reported, those are mostly elderly patients with various comorbidities

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