Bill Levinson

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1. Iron Lung vs. Ventilator

   Bill Levinson replied to Bill Levinson's topic in Disaster Preparation

   That makes sense to me too, then. There is obviously a difference between polio patients and COVID-19 patients. It sounds like negative pressure will not expand the aveoli,

2. Can I Refuse to Work If My Facility Does Not Have Proper Personal Protective Equipment?

   Bill Levinson replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Disaster Preparation

   If hospital administrators are demanding that health care professionals work without adequate PPE, then perhaps they should set an example by accompanying doctors and nurses, while wearing whatever...

3. Iron Lung vs. Ventilator

   Bill Levinson posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

   I am an engineer and not a health care professional, so I'd appreciate some feedback from people on the medical side. There is widespread concern about the shortage of ventilators, and also an...

4. Covid-19: Would you ever hire me if you saw I quit during this crisis?

   Bill Levinson replied to ScrubberDucky's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I am not in management but I think very poorly of a management team that forced you to use your vacation time to recover from an illness you apparently got while on the job. Also, it is conceivable...

5. Recruit coronavirus survivors to help health care providers?

   Bill Levinson posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

   I am not a health care professional and I don't know if this would work, but would there be circumstances under which people who have recovered from coronavirus be hired by hospitals to assist health...

6. Can I Refuse to Work If My Facility Does Not Have Proper Personal Protective Equipment?

   Bill Levinson replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Disaster Preparation

   My opinion (not legal advice, or formal engineering or OH&S advice) is that medical personnel who choose to work in a COVID-19 environment are going above and beyond the call of duty. With regard...

7. Does Death Have A Smell?

   Bill Levinson replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   I think Oscar the Cat can tell by odor when somebody is going to

8. Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

   Bill Levinson replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   They ought to be able to train dogs to detect C-diff. Dogs can even detect certain forms of cancer (due to the trace odors exhaled by the patient) as well as diabetes. Well trained dogs could...

9. The Patient I Failed

   Bill Levinson replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   The initial decision to give CPR was correct because a living will takes effect only if the person is terminally ill. In other words, if somebody with a living will but no terminal illness collapses...

10. Brian Short News

    Bill Levinson replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry to hear this; it comes as an unpleasant

11. Does Death Have A Smell?

    Bill Levinson replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe this is what Oscar the Cat

12. Does Death Have A Smell?

    Bill Levinson replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard that dogs can smell certain kinds of cancer. The cells doubtlessly emit a chemical that is not found in healthy tissue. I have never heard of a person being able to do it,

13. Does Death Have A Smell?

    Bill Levinson replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    A Day in the Life of Oscar the

14. Does Death Have A Smell?

    Bill Levinson replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oscar the Cat is famous for being able to predict when somebody is going to die. It is quite possible that he smells some kind of biological

15. How much walking do you have to do every day?

    Bill Levinson replied to Bill Levinson's topic in General Nursing

    Ford would indeed have done this so fewer nurses could care for more patients--but without reducing quality by reducing the time that the nurses could spend with the patients. Suppose, for example,...