Ebola Outbreak of 2014

[policemedic]

I seriously wonder if the deceased had medical insurance and if that was a consideration to send him home vice admission when he visited hospital the first time.

@racing_kitty pretty much nailed the EMTALA piece. I'll add that a proper MSE can be done and the determination made that while you are sick, you do not have a medical emergency and do not need to be admitted. Without knowing the extent of the work-up the doc did in this case I'll reserve judgment. However, I can tell you--and perhaps some of our licensed physicians will expand on this--that a pt presenting with a fever and 8/10 abdominal pain comes with an interesting array differential diagnoses and should receive a fairly thorough work-up with a few investigations thrown in.

I'm somewhat surprised that a travel hx wasn't obtained during the H&P, but then again, we don't know the content of the Dr./pt conversation, the status of the ED at that time, etc.

Suffice to say that inability to pay was unlikely to be the cause for his discharge.

 

[Muppet]

Funny 'cause it's true.

1st Brigade, 101st, 1996-1998

Hey sir. You remember the helo crash in 96, right? I lost one of my best friends. PFC Robert Hicks.

F.M.

 

[Marauder06]

Hey sir. You remember the helo crash in 96, right? I lost one of my best friends. PFC Robert Hicks.

F.M.

Is that the one where they were simulating a rescue for Week of the Eagles and they crashed on top of the guys on the ground? Yeah I remember that one.

 

[Muppet]

Is that the one where they were simulating a rescue for Week of the Eagles and they crashed on top of the guys on the ground? Yeah I remember that one.

Ye sir. Hicks was on the ground in the "downed helo" or what ever it was. I was at JRTC and when we got back to Bragg, I found out. My other best friend, Mitri, now a Cpt. with the guard, in A-stan made a memorial on Joint Dix/McGuire/Lakehurst where he is stationed.

R.I.P. PFC Robert Hicks, 3/502, 101st. Airborne Div., 18-June-96.

F.M.

 

[Gunz]

Gen Kelly warns of stampede if Ebola surfaces in SA

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/pen...tial-ebola-driven-mass-migration-south-border

 

[pardus]

Gen Kelly warns of stampede if Ebola surfaces in SA

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/pen...tial-ebola-driven-mass-migration-south-border

Maybe then they'll let us secure the fucking border!

 

[policemedic]

Maybe then they'll let us secure the fucking border!

You're on the piss, aren't you.

 

[pardus]

You're on the piss, aren't you.

I wish! lol

 

[DA SWO]

Maybe then they'll let us secure the fucking border!

Nope, that would be racist.
Cities will take the brunt of this, which will be interesting to watch (in a sad way) as cities tend to be more liberal in their views.

 

[pardus]

Nope, that would be racist.
Cities will take the brunt of this, which will be interesting to watch (in a sad way) as cities tend to be more liberal in their views.

I'm sure you're right.

We have 6809 KIA's from OIF, OEF and OND, and our answer to those deaths is "shhh, lets go away and not talk about it".
What's the bet "something" is done far sooner than we reach those casualty figures if ebola hits CONUS in a serious way.

 

[DA SWO]

I'm sure you're right.

We have 6809 KIA's from OIF, OEF and OND, and our answer to those deaths is "shhh, lets go away and not talk about it".
What's the bet "something" is done far sooner than we reach those casualty figures if ebola hits CONUS in a serious way.

If we lose 200 city dwellers, the mouth breathers will be screaming for action.
Ironic the Dems/Liberal are blaming the gOP for an Ebola outbreak in Africa (race matters), but ignoring the wasteful spending by HHS.
CDC Chief is a buffoon also.

 

[pardus]

I'm doing an OSHA course at the moment, avoiding biological hazards came up, and Ebola was mentioned.
From one of the class "It's a conspiracy!"

"What?"

"Yo, It's a conspiracy, how come we got rid of it years ago, then it back again? Yo... see? I'm telling you, It was planted!"

:wall:




eta Ebola

 

[Dame]

I'm doing an OSHA course at the moment, avoiding biological hazards came up.
From one of the class "It's a conspiracy!"

"What?"

"Yo, It's a conspiracy, how come we got rid of it years ago, then it back again? Yo... see? I'm telling you, It was planted!"

:wall:

@pardus, I didn't know you spoke Jive.

 

[Polar Bear]

If we lose 200 city dwellers, the mouth breathers will be screaming for action.
Ironic the Dems/Liberal are blaming the gOP for an Ebola outbreak in Africa (race matters), but ignoring the wasteful spending by HHS.
CDC Chief is a buffoon also.

I don't think he is a buffoon. I think he is a scientist and now being dragged into the political world, and he has no idea what to do. He is no longer acting alone, he is getting speaking points from the administration

 

[Grunt]

I don't think he is a buffoon. I think he is a scientist and now being dragged into the political world, and he has no idea what to do. He is no longer acting alone, he is getting speaking points from the administration

I told a co-worker today that during his last news conference...I swore I could see the strings being maneuvered by his puppet master. I agree that he has entered terrain that he is unfamiliar with. From this point on, he will be told exactly what to say...which in the end, won't be much.

It has become political psychobabble at each news conference.

 

[DA SWO]

I told a co-worker today that during his last news conference...I swore I could see the strings being maneuvered by his puppet master. I agree that he has entered terrain that he is unfamiliar with. From this point on, he will be told exactly what to say...which in the end, won't be much.

It has become political psychobabble at each news conference.

I don't think he is a buffoon. I think he is a scientist and now being dragged into the political world, and he has no idea what to do. He is no longer acting alone, he is getting speaking points from the administration

He worked for Bloomberg, I doubt he wasn't aware of the political ramifications that came with the job.

Resign in protest, and the next guy along may have greater political/scientific freedoms.

He won't though, because management jobs pay more with less work then actually practicing medicine.

 

[Grunt]

I have no doubt that he knew of the political ramifications when he took the position...I just don't think he counted on Ebola coming to the US.

There is no doubt that he knows the art of internal politics as well since that position is essentially a political one.

However, I don't think he bargained for the position he finds himself in today.

Maybe so, I just don't think so.

 

[pardus]

I have no doubt that he knew of the political ramifications when he took the position...I just don't think he counted on Ebola coming to the US.

There is no doubt that he knows the art of internal politics as well since that position is essentially a political one.

However, I don't think he bargained for the position he finds himself in today.

Maybe so, I just don't think so.

If that's the case he's a damn fool IMHO.

I saw on the news today that the lethality rate of Ebola has jumped from 50% to 70%. They are expecting/warning about 10K deaths in the next couple of months if things go as they predict without a successful intervention.
Sounds like we could be in for a fun ride.

 

[Grunt]

If that's the case he's a damn fool IMHO.

I certainly can't argue with that. His level of education certainly has nothing to do with his being a fool or not. I know some extremely smart fools...but, they are fools none-the-less.

I think many of the people in his position hope that nothing "major" will ever happen during their tenures, but we know that those things do happen.

Regardless, he needs to man-up and tell the truth -- if he knows it -- or quit his position. Whichever he chooses really doesn't matter to me, I just want to know what is going on from the people I am paying to tell me exactly that.

 

[Salt USMC]

If that's the case he's a damn fool IMHO.

I saw on the news today that the lethality rate of Ebola has jumped from 50% to 70%. They are expecting/warning about 10K deaths in the next couple of months if things go as they predict without a successful intervention.
Sounds like we could be in for a fun ride.

Which news source are you looking at?