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  1. What Does Flu Related Death Mean?

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/us_flu-related_deaths.htm When a person is infected with influenza it can cause an exacerbation of a prior exisiting condition. Because of that stressor there may...

  2. War Against H1N1 Likely to Be Fought in Intensive Care Units

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2009/09/how_the_flu_pandemic_looks_to.php Excerpt from Effect Measure post commenting on the latest WHO assessement of the pandemic: The Editors of Effect...

  3. Under Viral Attack

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This morning on our unit, the young man who had tonsilitis came back to work. When I saw him last, he had just recovered from tonsilitis. He relapsed a few days later and has been out since. He was...

  4. Drug-Resistant Flu Strain Turns Up In Denmark but Doesn't Last Long

    indigo girl replied to Lovely_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.recombinomics.com/news/08310902/h274y_tx_confirmed.html despite the official denials of tamiflu resistance along the texas-mexican border reported in the

  5. Drug-Resistant Flu Strain Turns Up In Denmark but Doesn't Last Long

    indigo girl replied to Lovely_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.recombinomics.com/News/08310901/H274Y_CA_Fit.html How does it happen that a person who has never taken Tamiflu can have a case of Tamiflu resistant swine flu? You have to look at some...

  6. Swine Flu Scare for Nurses

    indigo girl replied to madden52's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Follow infection control guidelines carefully in clinical situations. If unmasked keep your distance from anyone obviously infected. Just be aware that social distancing is helpful, and avoid crowds...

  7. US swine flu victims had chronic health problems

    indigo girl replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It is very clear by now that pregnancy all by itself is a hugh risk factor. https://allnurses.com/pandemic-flu-forum/evidence-swine-flu-399332.html I have not counted the number of cases noted in...

  8. Flu Spreading at Unbelievable Rate

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26000408-12335,00.html 40% of the fatalities were previously healthy prior to catching the flu. Young, normal adults and kids... (hat tip...

  9. Baxter: Product contained live bird flu virus

    indigo girl replied to ozoneranger's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Speculation about FDA approval is not my

  10. Baxter: Product contained live bird flu virus

    indigo girl replied to ozoneranger's topic in Disaster Preparation

    These cell based technologies are not approved for use in the US as per this report to the White House. http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/PCAST_H1N1_Report.pdf From Page

  11. Baxter: Product contained live bird flu virus

    indigo girl replied to ozoneranger's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Those links do not support any evidence that Baxter is providing swine flu vaccine to the

  12. Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Abu Dhabi, UAE http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Health/10344691.html (hat tip

  13. Baxter: Product contained live bird flu virus

    indigo girl replied to ozoneranger's topic in Disaster Preparation

    https://allnurses.com/pandemic-flu-forum/pandemic-awareness-preparation-361932-page6.html - Post #54 We learned about Baxter's error back in Feb 2009. I am glad that they are not producing any swine...

  14. Baxter: Product contained live bird flu virus

    indigo girl replied to ozoneranger's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE57P5BF20090826 Baxter is not one of the five companies providing the swine flu vaccine for the US, just in case anyone thinks that it

  15. Video conference on pandemic right now

    indigo girl replied to herring_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Inevitably, it will be. Not every unit has those rooms or can even isolate sick patients effectively. If my floor (psych) is anything to go by, patients and staff can catch viruses in the hospital...

  16. More Vaccine News

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My facility now has seasonal flu vax available, I was told via email last night. I think that they are talking about the patient's vaccine, but they could mean the staff. I'll have to ask. Amazing! It...

  17. Flu Spreading at Unbelievable Rate

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I hear you. We are all going to be very busy, very soon. The virus is already present in our

  18. Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Pune, India http://www.breakingnewsonline.net/2009/08/swine-flu-death-toll-in-india-hits-90.html (hat tip

  19. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Egypt - Case #84 http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/08/pathogen-less-taken.html It remains an unexplained mystery as to why toddlers are the group being diagnosed with bird flu this past year or so,...

  20. Video conference on pandemic right now

    indigo girl replied to herring_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thanks for the kind words, oramar. No, I have not been making any videos on the side... I have not watched this video yet, and probably won't until after my 3 twelve hour shifts are completed. Then I...

  21. WHO-Preparing for the 2d Wave: Lessons from Current Outbreaks

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/notes/h1n1_second_wave_20090828/en/index.html There is much to read in this document. Here is some of it. Much of it we already

  22. No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.dailymercury.com.au/story/2009/08/28/danny-dempsey-survived-swine-flu-15-days-in-coma/ Actually, this is about someone who survived. Fooled you! He had no prior existing conditions to...

  23. Drug-Resistant Flu Strain Turns Up In Denmark but Doesn't Last Long

    indigo girl replied to Lovely_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    tamiflu resistance in northern california http://www.recombinomics.com/news/08280901/h274y_ca.html i have not been posting every case of tamiflu resistance found, but will occasionally do so as a...

  24. Any News on a Vaccine Yet?

    indigo girl replied to VickyRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I finally found some information on these non-egg based technologies. While I believe that they will be available at some point down the road, and certainly should be for those people that are...

  25. More Vaccine News

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Recently we were asking about vaccines that were not egg based. There are some individuals with egg allergies that will need these vaccines. We knew that cell-based vaccines were being developed, and...