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  1. Would You Accept Swine Flu Vaccine?

    indigo girl replied to pagandeva2000's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes, he did indeed. Here is what was reported about it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8161680.stm The docs over at Effect Measure had some interesting things to say about how the GP's death was...

  2. ECMO - Will We Have Sufficient Capacity for the Fall/Winter Flu Season?

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

    http://alfredecmo.com.au/ECMO%20UNIT.html This says almost 60% survive to discharge. That is more than I would have thought. I wonder if there will be any change in case survival with

  3. Blood Donors Needed

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://cbs4.com/local/Blood.Donors.Needed.2.1132729.html Geez, this is so sad! I don't understand the desparate need for blood. What's going on in addtion to the flu? (hat tip

  4. ECMO - Will We Have Sufficient Capacity for the Fall/Winter Flu Season?

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

    I would imagine that all will be very stressed after a fall and winter full of these types of cases if they decide to use ECMO. I wonder if decisions will be made on how costly and labor intensive it...

  5. Under Viral Attack

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

    I had managed to convince myself that my unit is undergoing a gastoenteritis viral outbreak. And, then I read this article today. Let me just post these links first, and then I'll tell you how it...

  6. ECMO - Will We Have Sufficient Capacity for the Fall/Winter Flu Season?

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

    That is interesting. They are trying to plan ahead for a potential

  7. Under Viral Attack

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

    I have been in several LTC facilities with noro outbreaks in New England winters. This occurrence in the Florida summer, is remarkably familiar including the vomiting. This I know from past personal...

  8. Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

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

    South Africa http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gjPAMSvGov2bDswBwjWj7HueBVqw (hat tip

  9. ECMO - Will We Have Sufficient Capacity for the Fall/Winter Flu Season?

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

    http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20090816/BREAKINGNEWS/90816006/1086/rss07

  10. Would You Accept Swine Flu Vaccine?

    indigo girl replied to pagandeva2000's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/08/public-healths-biggest-pandemic.html

  11. Swine Flu in Australia/New Zealand

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Swine Flu Outbreak in Australia Watching the spread of H1N1, swine flu in Australia is rather amazing. This first link is from 26 May:...

  12. Racoon Round Worms - Emerging Zoonosis

    indigo girl posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2009/08/raccoon_latrines_not_in_my_bac.php#more Who knew? The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners. Paul Revere was a...

  13. Revised Schedule for Release of US Swine Flu Vaccine

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Any foreign vaccine manufacturer (and most are not located in North America) will most likely meet the demands of their host country first which is exactly what happened with Australia. Expect the...

  14. UK - Vaccine Priority Groups

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Healthy children and over 65s are not swine flu vaccine priority http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/swine-flu/6023403/Healthy-children-and-over-65s-are-not-swine-flu-vaccine-priority.html This differs...

  15. Racoon Round Worms - Emerging Zoonosis

    indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    I could see kids infected by handling the feces, not knowing what it was, and not washing their hands before eating or putting hands in mouth. Easy to imagine dogs ingesting undigested food present in...

  16. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    indigo girl replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am not disputing McIntyres other study on surgical masks and hand hygiene education with families. My interest is in her study comparing the use of the N95 to the use of the surgical mask by HCW...

  17. Evidence of swine flu risk to pregnant women rises

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

    Panama

  18. National Biodefence Science Board Teleconference

    indigo girl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.hhs.gov/aspr/conferences/nbsb/090814-nbsb-meeting.html August 14, 2009, from 12:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. EDT. Public Participation Meetings of the NBSB are open to the public and attendance is...

  19. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    indigo girl replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There is no substitute for a clinical efficacy trial on what works and what does not. The clincher for me was the presentation given on panel #3 by the Australian, Dr. McIntyre on a study done in...

  20. Swine Flu in Australia/New Zealand

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

    Pregnant teachers isolated from swine flu http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2009/aug/13/pregnant-teachers-isolated-swine-flu/ (hat tip

  21. Swine Flu in Australia/New Zealand

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

    http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2009/08/australia-swine-flu-toll-100-as-hospitals-stretched.html

  22. HCW Fatalities

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

    http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/08/10-hcws-with-novel-h1n1-in-kuwait.html Although these are not fatalities, one is in critical condition. It is a wise to keep an eye on reports of HCW

  23. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    indigo girl replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Actually, after listening for two days to these panels, the conclusion that I am left with is that it was rather cowardly of the IOM not to let us hear the conclusion. We are not allowed to know how...

  24. No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

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

    I was thinking of doing the flu clinics also. They are going to need lots of help. They are still battling it out at the IOM meeting going on in Washington about whether or not we should use surgical...

  25. No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

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

    San Diego, California http://www.examiner.com/x-18953-San-Diego-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m8d12-3-deaths-from-swine-flu-in-San-Diego-had-no-underlying-medical-conditions (hat tip