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2014-10-17 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

NYT: Ambulance Work in Liberia Is a Busy and Lonely Business

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Interesting comment from one of the Liberian ambulance drivers:

He takes many precautions at home. With his constant exposure to the virus, he sleeps in a separate house from his six children to prevent them from getting sick. In the past five months, he has seen them only a few times.

“It’s a very lonely virus,” Mr. Kamara said. “Not just for me, but for the entire country. We are all together, but all alone.”

Will similarly affected US health workers be doing the same thing in the near future?

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-10-17 03:29|| 2014-10-17 03:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Will similarly affected US health workers be doing the same thing in the near future?

No, they will self isolate on cruise ships but not before not telling anyone else on board.....

Posted by USN, Ret. 2014-10-17 11:54|| 2014-10-17 11:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Back in the day, when I drove an ambulance, there were special procedures for scrub-down after a MRSA transport.

Once we transported a woman with Lupus. She smelled like she had been dead for awhile. My partner was driving and we went from Doctors Hospital in D.C. to University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore under lights and with the window open. We did a pretty thorough scrub-down after that one, too.

Posted by Fred 2014-10-17 12:11|| 2014-10-17 12:11|| Front Page Top

#4 An ambulance, who knew?

Posted by Shipman 2014-10-17 13:10|| 2014-10-17 13:10|| Front Page Top

#5 An ambulance, who knew?
Nothing like having put your life on the line to make you sharper/attentive on some issues, for the rest of your life.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-10-17 14:27|| 2014-10-17 14:27|| Front Page Top

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