CORONAVIRUS Death Thread

[Mead]

Originally Posted by Lune [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What is your guys' testing protocol for new admits? I've been reading statistics coming from Florida where 1/3 of all hospital admits, all causes, were testing positive for corona.

I'm supposed to be starting my final clinical rotation (physical therapy) at a major trauma center at the end of the month, where I will be in the STICU and trauma ICU. By the terms of my program's agreement with the hospital, I'm not allowed to treat covid+ patients. However, in past rotations, I've had physicians refer pt's for PT before screens came back. Nearly got exposed to TB because of that.

Like are you treating every pt as a possible positive until you get a negative result? I have a feeling this is going to be such a shitshow of a rotation.

Everyone gets swabbed that comes through the ED. That swab takes about 20 minutes to run. Then it gets sent to an outside lab for confirmation. We test roughly every 2-3 days for a week for anyone with symptoms.

We put suspected with the covids but at this point it’s wherever we have room for you. We’re running out of hospital equipment, beds, and staff. South Florida
is killing it right now.

Our PTs are working with covid patients. It must really be warranted. We’re trying to limit any staff exposure to covid patients.

Family and friends completely barred from visiting again unless patient actively dying.