Something we need
that Trump et al hasn't mentioned yet. We need trained healthcare workers to run those thousands of vents we apparently will need.
I know that we have professionals in there, but they are being run ragged. And, there are probably not enough, anyway. Why can't we hear that the government is implementing special training programs (respiratory therapists, RNs, etc.) dedicated to running those vents?
I ran two critical care vents once. It is exhausting. I don't see why we couldn't offer free intensive training which lead to licenses. Someone who knows what they are doing could make it happen. We can't count on this virus being gone next week, or the week after. If we started now, we could have them in place in some special unit, ready to go.
We need those vents. What/who are we saving them for??
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