admin note: we just added a poll to this thread today, april 25, 2008, please take a second and vote in the poll so we can have a graphical representation of the responses. thanks scenario: h5n1...
Hi all, Havent checked in here for a while. My original post was for H5N1 but i am fascinated by the challenge H1N1 posses. While not as deadly as a potential H5N1 Pandemic, H1N1 is still pretty bad....
FYI - Not H5N1 bt see how the HCW respond when not enough PPE is available? Uganda: Union Urges Medics to Quit Ebola-Hit Area The Nation (Nairobi) 7 December 2007 Kampala "The Uganda Medical...
Join in the dialogue here http://www.webdialogues.net/cs/panflu-engage-home/view/di/104?x-t=home.view A Public Engagement Dialogue Conducted in Cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and...
Indigo Girl - by the looks of it, we are heading for an extremely severe pandemic targeting the young and health, with no vaccine, too few antivirals, an almost non existent nursing staff &...
We have a team of Moms at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, D.C. November 3-7, 2007. and this is the report SusanC posted from today from flu Wikie...
Has anyone addressed the "other essential" workers in a hospital setting who without the hospital would come to a grinding halt? Like the cleaning crews, Laundry crews, stocking/loading/unloading...
indigo girl, That is an excellent link. This has been an eye opening thread to say the least. Nurses will be the front line and by the sound of it... the lines will be very
what it would take to make you willing to work under circumstances such as I have described. What would you want? PPE -- OK, which ones? N95s enough or would you want a higher grade perhaps even 1/2...
Ms. Patton, President of the American Nurses Association participated in an online blog for HHS about Pandemic Flu. here http://blog.pandemicflu.gov/ It is a fascinating read. I implore all here to...
IG - sadly i think they are watching and reading but not taking any action beyond the status quo of "the miracle vaccine". In private I bet those same people are prepping like crazy.... but will hang...
Reading these responses reminds me of parts from Barry's "The Great Influenza" where the Gov forced nurses to work. Many nurses I spoke with have told me they didn't believe in "the pandemic" or that...
Rebecca Patton, President, American Nurses Association, just posted a blog at the new HHS Pandemic Flu Blog. Please join the conversation. We need all of you.
Rebecca Patton, President, American Nurses Association, just posted a blog at the new HHS Pandemic Flu Blog. Please join the conversation. We need all of you.