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Is the flu slowing down where you are?

For about 8 - 10 weeks now we have been dealing with influenza. Our hospital has been past capacity this whole time. We are called in on EVERY single day off. I'm exhausted from the hell of my scheduled shifts, but have also picked up trying to help out. I'm done. I'm mentally and physically spent. Please dear god tell me that this hell is ending soon.

Please oh please tell me it's slowing down where you are.. in hopes it will slow down here.

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    Nope not in my neck of the woods. Our 73 bed ER usually has >100 pts with anywhere from 20-30 boarders. And then the ICUs have a whole mess of tubed inflenza pts.

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    No slowing down here either. Getting in overtime.

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    Not slowing down here in southeast Virginia. Have had a handful of otherwise healthy patients in their 20s end up on ECMO because of it.

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    Not here either. Our facility has been at capacity...extra shifts for everyone. Doesn't help either that a lot of nurses and aides have been down with the flu as well :/

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    No slow down here. We are full to the brim and have had to divert a couple of times this flu season. Staff has been as sick as the patients at times.

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    Please take care of yourselves and hang in there!!

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    According to the numbers we have held steady for the past 3 weeks overall with a slight increase in type B

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    Finally started slowing a bit here this week. First week in a while that we haven't been on facility alert for high census in the ED and ICUs.

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    No we are on strict flu lockdown. No kids under 18 on any unit.

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