My hospital's ICU has a little over 50% Covid patients, and we stopped a lot of elective surgeries in July. So we would have definitely been overwhelmed if we hadn't shut down those elective surgeries that require an ICU bed like open heart surgery.
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My hospital's ICU has a little over 50% Covid patients, and we stopped a lot of elective surgeries in July. So we would have definitely been overwhelmed if we hadn't shut down those elective surgeries that require an ICU bed like open heart surgery.
Open heart surgery is elective?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg2003
Yep, and a buddy of mine lost his father in law recently b/c they kept pushing his surgery back.Quote:
Originally Posted by MadDawg
Yes, but often times highly recommended if needed. Technically it's up to the patient whether they want it or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by MadDawg
Same as my cancer surgery. It was “elective”. Totally up to me. I elected it and decided to live.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
It's more like a 99% or greater survival rate at this point. As long as we protect those over 70, everyone else should be back to living life as normal. The seasonal flu is more deadly than the Wuhan Virus. Unfortunately, it's become highly politicized in order to keep the economy from recovering before the election in November. Sweden never shut down, had a very low death rate and didn't destroy their economy needlessly. It should infuriate everyone that people are losing their businesses not because they had a poor business model, but because their government forced them out.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrapGame
People don't understand that "elective" surgeries aren't the same as optional surgeries. Elective is everything from bypasses, knee replacements, etc. Surgeries people actually need. Optional would be a nose job. Stopping elective surgeries is crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by MadDawg
He was morbidly obese and probably had diabetes. But again, one outlier shouldn't change the general trend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gutter Cobreh
i believe i have insight on this that most don't. This shit is real I have handled the bodies personally...seen many families heartbroken....with that being said there is no other choice than to lay all the cards on the table. Start schools and see what happens is the mentality! As was stated Sept/Oct is the timeline. i am going to get all the fishing i can in before then because i think its going to explode and off to a new deployment. hope i am wrong. one thing about it we will know who is right and who is wrong by Dec.Quote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
Basically anything is elective unless the result is immediate death if it doesn't happen. Get it now?Quote:
Originally Posted by MadDawg
My God....I bet you would suck a dick in public if it meant you could be right on this.....unfortunately....Quote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
I REALLY hope we are both wrong but I expect to see 3000 new cases a day by late September in MS. The hospitals will be totally overwhelmed and the death rate will sky rocket. I think given what we are doing, or more importantly, NOT doing, it's going to be truly terrible. If I'm wrong by all means y'all point it out. Nobody will be happier than me.Quote:
Originally Posted by 99jc
I hear Brackey Brett is in control of all media in the country.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turfdawg67
This virus either runs it?s course, as most pandemics, or we learn to live with it. Considering the minuscule death rate, I?m willing to live with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Walkerhill
No, the hospitals won?t. The death rate is very low. Very few hospitals have had a ?run? on beds. I know of more hospitals cutting workers than those ?overwhelmed?.Quote:
Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg
I sure hope not. The overall hospital numbers for the state have stabilized, but the ICU numbers have gone up. That is reflected at my hospital. Two weeks ago, we had 35% of our ICU as covid and now a little over 50%. But we have less patients on the regular Covid floor. So our overall numbers are stable. I hoping this is our surge, and the numbers go back down in a month or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg
Hospitals are nearing ICU capacity in a lot of places in MS. But they're not all full and some are still completing elective surgeries.
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Originally Posted by Todd4State
These two posts are simply shameful. May God have mercy on your souls...Quote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
The problem with my hospital is that we don't have enough ICU beds to do our normal load of open heart surgery. You have to go straight to CVR (specialized ICU) after open heart surgery. We actually had to start putting a few Covid patients in those beds as a last resort. CVR is also a highly specialized nursing area, so it can't be just any ICU nurse. We've had to float some of the CVR nurses to take care of Covid patients.Quote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
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Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg
My wife, a nurse for over 25 years, expects the worse also. She pretty much “forced” my daughter to home school our granddaughter because of this. She expects massive numbers.