Corona Virus

[jfra78]

10 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

knoxville probably has around 10 confirmed cases right now

main alarming thing we're seeing is the burning sternal chest pain

Like heartburn? Not being a smartass, is a real question

[electro's horse]

2 minutes ago, stirs said:

appreciate you sharing

yeah that's our main alarm symptom. 

fever, cough, whatever

ct, yeah that's alarming

if some random person works in gatlinburg and has a "weird heartburn" and never had anything like it? alarm bells

[electro's horse]

Just now, jfra78 said:

Like heartburn? Not being a smartass, is a real question

yeah, they've been complaining of heartburn. but people that have never had it. 

also have some flu like symptoms. 

[stirs]

were the 10 positive?  or waiting on tests?

[electro's horse]

1 minute ago, stirs said:

were the 10 positive?  or waiting on tests?

that's an estimate.

things are funky right now with testing. 

but these are people from the two main hospitals and the few regional ones.

we've also had a few deaths that are VERY suspicious but once someone dies without a positive test that is positive later then it becomes a HIPAA thing. 

east tennessee has the worst air quality and lung health in the nation so it's going to burn through this region like wildfire. like we'll have mass graves in Neyland.

[electro's horse]

the biggest problem we're having so far is people getting sent home from work.

so the region where i work is very poor, very medically underserved, and very republican. everyone smokes, meth is rampant, and no one has healthcare. but it's also a big tourist destination so everyone works in the tourist industry.

So you have people in their 20s and 30s who come down with some kind of cough, and it could be anything (we still have tons of flu here), and their bosses won't let them come back to work until they get a negative covid test.

but we won't test them because they don't meet criteria

so all these people that are barely making it paycheck to paycheck are now not being able to go back to work

 

[Basbear]

8 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

yeah, they've been complaining of heartburn. but people that have never had it. 

also have some flu like symptoms. 

Ive had some of the worst heart burn ever recently. I thought I was tough, I was crawling up walls for a good 45 minutes. I was not in control of myself and told my friend they may have to take me to ER. I finally went to docs, "its just hearthburn, lolz".....  

[electro's horse]

4 minutes ago, Basbear said:

Ive had some of the worst heart burn ever recently. I thought I was tough, I was crawling up walls for a good 45 minutes. I was not in control of myself and told my friend they may have to take me to ER. I finally went to docs, "its just hearthburn, lolz".....  

actually you died, and posting on the huddle is your personnel hell

thoughts and prayers

[Xtreme]

5 minutes ago, Basbear said:

Ive had some of the worst heart burn ever recently. I thought I was tough, I was crawling up walls for a good 45 minutes. I was not in control of myself and told my friend they may have to take me to ER. I finally went to docs, "its just hearthburn, lolz".....  

Any adult should always have a stash of Tums somewhere in their house in case the dreaded heartburn kicks in. 

[Basbear]

8 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

actually you died, and posting on the huddle is your personnel hell

thoughts and prayers

This actually makes sense... 

 

 

[Basbear]

8 minutes ago, Xtreme said:

Any adult should always have a stash of Tums somewhere in their house in case the dreaded heartburn kicks in. 

I HAD all that and some, one night took 6 roll-aids, 3 4oz drinks of maalox, along with pepcid ac..... it was not working.  All around 1am til 6am. Sweating form head to toe, also. 

[electro's horse]

ask me your questions or whatever

im finishing an e med rotation and the one before it was pulmonary critical care so uh im kinda qualified in a just some guy on a messageboard sense

[Basbear]

1 minute ago, electro's horse said:

ask me your questions or whatever

im finishing an e med rotation and the one before it was pulmonary critical care so uh im kinda qualified in a just some guy on a messageboard sense

Get some rest Fiz, you people are the real MVPs. When do you feel this will be back to "normal", best guess and add any other information that you feel the public needs. I heard form my nurse friend, she is swamped and they only had 6 total hazmat suits. They where testing people in their cars and telling them to go home. 

[electro's horse]

2 minutes ago, Basbear said:

Get some rest Fiz, you people are the real MVPs. When do you feel this will be back to "normal", best guess and add any other information that you feel the public needs. I heard form my nurse friend, she is swamped and they only had 6 total hazmat suits. They where testing people in their cars and telling them to go home. 

things aren't going to be normal for the rest of this year. This is going to be very very bad. 

as far as what the public needs to know, we're very far past the window where anything could have been prevented. 

the most important thing is for people under 40, or healthy people under 50, to not go to the ER if they think they have it. Just shut themselves down.