Minnesota nurses please, please check in! Bridge Collapsed

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What a horrific thing to happen. Our sympathy to all those involved be they victim, EMS, fire service or hospital personal. So far, only one confirmed fatality but just looking at the live pictures, that seems destined to change. My immediate thought was "shift change at 7" - I hope too early for medical workers to be on their way to work, and too early for the others to be on their way home. I hope that's true.

Please let us know how you all are.....

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

Link to story:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/minnesota_bridge_collapse

Frightening. Hope ya'll are o.k......

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Edit: I didn't see this thread before I posted.

My prayers are with all of you.

How horrible.

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Specializes in Cardiac Care.

Ditto that; I'm still watching CNN. It's horrible. Prayers for our members and their families who are affected.

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The OP mentioned 'shift change'; apparently this occurred shortly after 6pm :(.

MSNBC just interviewed a witness who told of a nurse driving on the bridge who was assisting the victims.

The one good thing about this is that 2 of the 4 lanes were closed; it was bumper-to-bumper as it was... it could have been far worse.

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Specializes in CCU, Geriatrics, Critical Care, Tele.

Hi everyone,

I live in the Minneapolis Area, as far as I know, I do not know of anyone that was involved in this terrible event.

However, I do know several people who use that bridge daily, a few evenings ago, my friend was on his boat on the river below with his kids.

My thoughts are with everyone and their families involved.

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Specializes in CCU, Geriatrics, Critical Care, Tele.

I worked at HCMC (Hennepin County Medical Center) Level 1 Trauma Center for several years, where many of the victims were taken to. HCMC is only about 1 mile from the bridge.

I'm sure the HCMC nurses and emergency staff did an outstanding job!

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Specializes in CCU, Geriatrics, Critical Care, Tele.

Here is a link to news items, which are constantly updated with the latest internet news: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&um=1&tab=wn&ie=UTF-8&q=minneapolis+bridge&btnG=Search+News

Local TV stations and news:

http://wcco.com/

http://kstp.com/

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox/

http://www.kare11.com/news/ts_article.aspx?storyid=261140

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/

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My thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved.

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Specializes in Junior Year of BSN.

Wow I didn't know anything about this except for when I logged in and saw it on Yahoo and allnurses. Such a horrible thing, my thoughts and prayers go out to all that have been affected by this.

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Specializes in rehab, dementia.

heavenly father, please pray for the victims and survivors that were affected by the Minnesota bridge collaspe. Our prayers to everyone.

God help us all.

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Specializes in Cardiac/Telemetry, Hospice, Home Health.

I own a house 1 mile from there and drove that route sometimes multiple times a day. I am currently living on the west coast. I am feeling so helpless and am sending my prayers. My family and close friends all checked in thank God.

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