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Post by medic22 on Mar 16, 2020 23:07:49 GMT -5
Yep, Marion. As of earlier today there were no confirmed cases south of Indianapolis. But can you say that this is no cases south of Indy? You can't say that with a straight face. Confirmed cases are hard to find if you don't test people. Not tests means no confirmed cases but it does NOT mean no cases. There is a huge differece when there is community spread. They were not even testing people unless they had traveled to areas where the virus is running rampet like Italy or China. But there are plenty of people that are showing fever and coughing or headaces that have not been tested since they didn't travel to Wuhan China. So these people need to be tested to rule out the posibility of them having the flu or COVID-19 disease. Heck, evey AMR and the City of Evansville Dispatch are screening people to see if the first responders need to wear protective equipment. What if you respond to a incident and the patient is sick and coughing, has a high fever over 100 deg F and you are not wearing a proper mask. Then you go to the next run and possibly transfer the virus to your next patient. Something for you as a medic to think about. What is patient #2 later claims that you gave them the virus and they hire a lawyer and sue you? Something to think about. The people tha run AMR are thinking about this. Shouldn't you do the same? Now even the Mayor of Evansville it saying that it's possible for the virus to be down here in our area. You can't rule it out. That is for sure. Because without proper testing of everyone showing signs of the virus you can't tell if they have the virus or the common flu. And by "the virus" I mean the SARS CoV-2 virus. You can stop beating a dead horse, my post means exactly what it says. I said there were no confirmed cases, therefore there could not be KNOWN Covid-19 cause of death south of Indy(without post mortem testing). At no point in my post did I deny that cases could exist. Im well aware of infection control best practices and will not discuss my companys response or internal procedures. I'm also well aware of how AMR operates, I did my time there and remain in contact with many people there involved in leadership and those working the streets.
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Post by medic22 on Mar 16, 2020 22:05:36 GMT -5
Yep, Marion. As of earlier today there were no confirmed cases south of Indianapolis.
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Post by medic22 on Mar 15, 2020 18:54:53 GMT -5
At least most people are getting out there in an attempt to fend for themselves instead of waiting for the fema trucks to save them. I appreciate what you`re saying...it`s just that, c`mon, we`re creating supply chain issues that don`t even need to exist. There`s been no disruption of the supply chain so far, there are plenty of groceries and paper products available. At least until the panic buying creates artificial shortages. As I`ve said many times, cooler heads must prevail. STOP with the hysteria. STOP with the panic. STOP creating problems where none really exist. You're not wrong, but at the end of the day, is it really our business how people choose to spend their money? I guess one could argue if it affects one personally then it becomes their business. I dont know what the answer is, I just hope this is finally the thing that opens peoples eyes to preparedness. Sadly it wont, most of these canned goods will end up at food banks in a few weeks. Most of them would be just as happy eating MREs and a FEMA camp. ETA: Marshal law and Recession are pretty much certain at this point. Weve already put those wheels in motion and there is no reeling it back in.
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Post by medic22 on Mar 15, 2020 18:22:34 GMT -5
I went out again tonight. Yesterday I started catching word of heavy travel regulations coming down the pipe. Mostly from people involved in Covid-19 discussions at the states level (not our state). As we see with Ohio, Illinois, and parts of Tennessee, this is likely becoming a reality. Decided pet food and boos were likely to be the next items flying off the shelf. Alcohol was easy to get, pet food is showing slow signs of being gobbled up. Shelves were absolutely bare at walmart, bread, water, fresh meat, frozen goods, non perishables, all picked through. I expect that after domestic travel restrictions next week (California is gonna be the first to completely lock down),people arent going to like this or listen. Next up will be mandated curfews and suspended gun sales. Suspended gun sales are an infringement upon the Second Amendment, and will not be tolerated. Period. I as at Kroger just a bit earlier, and almost took photos with my phone, but decided against it, and just got in and got out. The meat case looked like it had been looted. I didn`t go down the paper products isle, or the frozen food section. I just shake my head at how so many people are just brain-dead sheep. They buy into anything this evil media spews, and they react accordingly. That`s where the hysteria and panic come from. Worst case, I bought two tubs of survival foods several years ago. I reminded my wife of those this morning and said: "you`re welcome". LOL. She said she bets those would be yummy. I said, if it`s that which keeps us from going hungry, we`ll consider ourselves blessed to have them. I so miss the old America, where people had character, ethics, and a work ethic and stubbornness that wouldn`t allow then to grovel at the government trough, but made them have a determination that they would fend for themselves even if it got uncomfortable. I just cannot have respect for whiny, sniveling people who expect to be taken care of. At least most people are getting out there in an attempt to fend for themselves instead of waiting for the fema trucks to save them.
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Post by medic22 on Mar 15, 2020 17:58:11 GMT -5
Ive certainly walked further, but ive never killed a deer more than 250 yards from the car.
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Post by medic22 on Mar 15, 2020 17:54:37 GMT -5
I went out again tonight. Yesterday I started catching word of heavy travel regulations coming down the pipe. Mostly from people involved in Covid-19 discussions at the states level (not our state). As we see with Ohio, Illinois, and parts of Tennessee, this is likely becoming a reality.
Decided pet food and boos were likely to be the next items flying off the shelf. Alcohol was easy to get, pet food is showing slow signs of being gobbled up. Shelves were absolutely bare at walmart, bread, water, fresh meat, frozen goods, non perishables, all picked through.
I expect that after domestic travel restrictions next week (California is gonna be the first to completely lock down),people arent going to like this or listen. Next up will be mandated curfews and suspended gun sales.
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Post by medic22 on Mar 15, 2020 12:39:49 GMT -5
Our finance guy has bugging us to refi. Ive been putting it off since we're doing a kitchen remodel, itll likely be enough to dump our PMI.
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Post by medic22 on Mar 14, 2020 15:31:01 GMT -5
My first stop yesterday was Walmart. Pastas, canned, goods, cleaning supplies, and toiletries were in short supply, as well as ramen. Fresh foods were still well stocked.
I grabbed some extra diapers and baby wipes. Mom said those were all gone today, one guy actually spit on diapers a lady had in her cart. He went to jail and nobody got the diapers. Other reports of people stealing toilet paper out of carts that others had already paid for.
Sams club was also out of TP and plain frozen chicken. I spent an hour yesterday wrapping fresh meat in butcher paper. Both freezers are now packed to the brim and the gas cans are all full. I also had the propane tanks filled.
I hate to partake in the craziness but my Mom didnt raise a fool. I see the path were going down.
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Post by medic22 on Mar 14, 2020 14:26:02 GMT -5
Biden is gonna wake up with two bullet holes to the head, cause of death will be coronavirus.
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Post by medic22 on Mar 14, 2020 9:27:01 GMT -5
now tell me a logical reason for the ban. Opinions not based on fact
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Post by medic22 on Mar 14, 2020 8:45:20 GMT -5
Most hospitals have an ethics board that makes decisions when a question is raised. They consider ethical and legal inplications as well as what is best for the patient. I dont know that they employ a bioethicist, but that would be a good use for one.
Ex: my partner at work used to be an ICU nurse at a large level one hospital in Virginia. They had a guy that was getting shocked ~100 times a day by his internal defibrillator. After a couple days they had not found the underlying cause after all efforts, the patient asked for the defib to be turned off. He asked this knowing he would die, but he didnt want to be shocked anymore. A situation as this has to go before the ethics board as it is essentially assisted suicide.
For those curious the ethics board allowed the Physician to trun off the defib and the patient passed.
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Post by medic22 on Mar 12, 2020 10:14:19 GMT -5
Depends on which news source or forum member youre asking. The mortality rate is higher than the flu, but an overwhelming majority of deaths are those over 60 with preexisting respiratory or cardiac comorbitities. The mortality rate is much much lower than ebola, SARS, MERS (insert about 15 other pandemics). Wash your hands. Please explain "cardiac comorbitities". I've never heard that before. I have a couple stents so am I included in this? Thanks. I would think you would be fine,however there is always the risk of acute MI (heart attack) or arrythmias secondary to inflammation, however I dont think anyone has a grasp on those numbers right now. Congestive heart failure and untreated hypertension are going to be the biggest risk factors in the cardiac category.
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Post by medic22 on Mar 12, 2020 9:26:29 GMT -5
I’m no where near an expert on this, but isn’t this being compared to the flu? Depends on which news source or forum member youre asking. The mortality rate is higher than the flu, but an overwhelming majority of deaths are those over 60 with preexisting respiratory or cardiac comorbitities. The mortality rate is much much lower than ebola, SARS, MERS (insert about 15 other pandemics). Wash your hands.
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Post by medic22 on Mar 4, 2020 12:05:09 GMT -5
While were having the discussion, lets stop comparing to 1918. Healthcare has dramatically improved in the last hundred years. They were still routinely performing labotomies in the 1940s and 50s so results of an illness in 1918 really arent valid in comparison to today.
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Post by medic22 on Mar 4, 2020 11:31:27 GMT -5
No need to freak out. The death toll for people under 60 is comparable to the flu. Over 60 it is high, however it is still early. As we learn more about the virus, the mortality rate will drop. The mortality rate is drastically lower than Ebola and we survived that. There is already one person in Indianapolis that is self qaurantined and there will be several in Evansville soon. The death rate is over 2% for the SARS CoV-2 virus. The death rate for the flu is 0.1% . The death rate for the SARS CoV-2 virus is 20 time greater than for the regular common flu. And yesterday I heard where the death rate of SARS CoV-2 was going up to 3%. That is far greater than the Spanish Flu which wiped out 1/3 of the human population back in 1918. Thats for all ages. Its less than 0.6% for all ages under 60 and this a much smaller sample size than the flu. Again, it is much more devastating in the older than 60 with prexisting comorbities. Noone under the age of 10 has died, only 1 person in age group 11-19. 90% of flu deaths are 65 or older. This is all lining out to become similar numbers as time goes on.
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Post by medic22 on Mar 4, 2020 10:47:36 GMT -5
Im pretty much screwed. I work in Healthcare, I guarentee is someone gets really sick from coronavirus locally, we will take them to a bigger city.
I think worst case scenario is youll see medical staffing shortages due to self qaurantine of staff. I saw where 12 firefighters in Washington are self qaurantined, that would create a major staffing issue for most prehospital departments.
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Post by medic22 on Mar 4, 2020 9:44:23 GMT -5
An unexpected bonus to these heavy FOC arrows. Theyre super forgiving and very easy to tune. Ive got these broadhead tuned already, im never this ahead of the game this early.
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Post by medic22 on Mar 3, 2020 17:10:47 GMT -5
No need to freak out. The death toll for people under 60 is comparable to the flu. Over 60 it is high, however it is still early. As we learn more about the virus, the mortality rate will drop.
The mortality rate is drastically lower than Ebola and we survived that.
There is already one person in Indianapolis that is self qaurantined and there will be several in Evansville soon.
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Post by medic22 on Mar 2, 2020 20:17:36 GMT -5
Do you do this yearly? Im very interested in this for next year. This will be my 2nd time out there. I'm not sure if I'll do it again next year or not, depends on how the other draws that I'm in go. I plan on doing it somewhat regularly though. I doubt I make any plans to do anything besides Indiana next year (assuming I dont get drawn for Kentucky Elk) so ill be in if you go (and do an invite)
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Post by medic22 on Mar 2, 2020 19:31:02 GMT -5
Do you do this yearly? Im very interested in this for next year.
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