Coronavirus Discussion Thread

[RocketMedic]

I find that incredibly callous.

Well yeah, that’s the point...pandemic that primarily affects the elderly while oddly sparing the young is going to get some salty nicknames. Youth naming things are rarely sensitive, and the fact that so many Boomers are willfully ignorant of the danger brings it home.

 

[E tank]

Sheesh...they'll be shutting off the water to avoid transmission at this rate....

 

[GMCmedic]

Sheesh...they'll be shutting off the water to avoid transmission at this rate....

Dont give them any ideas

 

[Summit]

NREMT extended due dates for this cycle to end of June. You can do all CE remote/online.

 

[CCCSD]

Well yeah, that’s the point...pandemic that primarily affects the elderly while oddly sparing the young is going to get some salty nicknames. Youth naming things are rarely sensitive, and the fact that so many Boomers are willfully ignorant of the danger brings it home.

How are we ignorant? We’re just not panicking like all the millennials et al. We’re smart.

 

[akflightmedic]

We have 3 cases in Maine. The colleges have closed for remainder of semester. Schools are closing. All public events have been cancelled including a concert I have tickets for next weekend. City hall meetings cancelled. The nursing homes have stopped ALL visitors. The hospitals have stopped visitors.

Nursing school clinicals cancelled. The casinos will be closing soon. Especially since Foxwoods announced they are closing. Encore Boston is next. And then all the smaller ones.

 

[RedBlanketRunner]

My wife and I caught it thanks to immigration department waiting room jamb packed with Chinese tourists. Acts a little strange; slight sore throat for a day then straight to the lungs. Non OTC expectorant and broncodilator has it covered I can see it hammering chest breathers and sedentary low exercise people hard.

 

[RedBlanketRunner]

Addendum. It's pretty obvious why this went pandemic. If average person contracts this they will likely write it off as a cold of seasonal flu. I did until my wife caught it and developed SOB. So I wouldn't be surprised if reported cases is around 5% - 10%.
Let's keep in mind it was in the wild in China from the first of the year and they had their new years celebration which very often involves travel. From Jan. 1st through the end of Feb. every cut rate airline in SE Asia gets booked solid.

 

[mgr22]

I heard it called the Boomer Remover and it seems apt.

We'll try not to inconvenience the rest of you on our way out.

 

[Sled Driver]

NREMT extended due dates for this cycle to end of June. You can do all CE remote/online.

Does NR offer any CME classes directly from their own web site ?

 

[GMCmedic]

Addendum. It's pretty obvious why this went pandemic. If average person contracts this they will likely write it off as a cold of seasonal flu. I did until my wife caught it and developed SOB. So I wouldn't be surprised if reported cases is around 5% - 10%.
Let's keep in mind it was in the wild in China from the first of the year and they had their new years celebration which very often involves travel. From Jan. 1st through the end of Feb. every cut rate airline in SE Asia gets booked solid.

Yep, this is why weve been saying its too early to let the mortality rate drive fears.

 

[RocketMedic]

My wife and I caught it thanks to immigration department waiting room jamb packed with Chinese tourists. Acts a little strange; slight sore throat for a day then straight to the lungs. Non OTC expectorant and broncodilator has it covered I can see it hammering chest breathers and sedentary low exercise people hard.

So, 90% of our patients.

 

[SandpitMedic]

If you waited until literally 2 weeks before your recert was due to start your CME/recert..... you’re a donkey. We have 2 years! If that’s anyone here- stop being such a damn procrastinator.

NREMT is a damn clown show. Extending recert deadline 2 weeks before D-Day after 2 years to complete is just doing something just to do it... “Best Buy and Bank of America are sending out emails for COVID so I guess we should too.” Durrrr.

Doesn’t affect me, but damn it makes me hot.

 

[Summit]

I think the South Korean dataset is the most informative as their broad testing captured asymptomatic cases and the CFR is about 1%.

The US is testing people better than Iran. That's all I can say and it isn't much...

 

[RocketMedic]

I think the South Korean dataset is the most informative as their broad testing captured asymptomatic cases and the CFR is about 1%.

The US is testing people better than Iran. That's all I can say and it isn't much...

Would you even want to be tested by an Iranian government, given the potential locally-acceptable responses and consequences?

 

[RocketMedic]

Silly question here: 24-hour shift patterns are well known to destroy sleep cycles and result in chronic immunocompromise, not to mention exposure to large numbers of people without consistent or frequent uniform changes and the effects of fatigue on cleaning/resetting.
Does this matter in the context of COVID-19? Like, would it be wise to pull trucks and crews down at intervals for required Decon and reset?

 

[Jim37F]

Out Training Bureau has a few people trained explicitly in NREMT renewal. We also use mandatory online training (Target Solutions) in addition to mandatory in person trainings, Training logs everything, and medical refresher training is scheduled explicitly to match NR renewal requirements...

So like in December they sent their guys out to pretty much every station and basically hand held everyone thru recerting NREMT

 

[akflightmedic]

Has anyone let the Amish know whats going on yet?

 

[cruiseforever]

Do you have a contract or MOU? Your company might get some $$$. You can always refuse to respond to the station if called due to a “risk to your health”...

Not sure if there is anything like that in the contract. The best thing that can happen is that we will never be stationed there again. It felt like we being judged constantly.

 

[NomadicMedic]

Has anyone let the Amish know whats going on yet?

Trust me. They know.

The Amish know everything