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truebluegreen

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7. Watching Rachel the other night she was talking about The Checklist.

Reply to TexasMommaWithAHat (Reply #6)

Thu Oct 16, 2014, 10:24 PM

Oct 2014

It started as a safety procedure for pilots, as planes became more complex, and I've heard of the initiative to use it in hospitals, to decrease the chances of infection. Sounds like a no-brainer in this instance too...until you realize you are dealing with desperately sick people. That complicates things a bit.

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7:15 CST NOW Dallas Presbyterian Whistle Blower Speaking on CNN [View all] TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 OP

If that is indeed the case, then we should start to see an increase of patients happening VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #1

Good grief! Even with CDC personnel telling them what to do TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #2

Well, when government is the problem, why listen to it? truebluegreen Oct 2014 #3

But government can be the solution, too. TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #4

I agree with you. truebluegreen Oct 2014 #5

I really don't think people realize how unprepared almost all nurses and and hospitals are TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #6

Watching Rachel the other night she was talking about The Checklist. truebluegreen Oct 2014 #7

It really is not the government's fault the nurses and other staff were ill-prepared. If you can't kelliekat44 Oct 2014 #8

<sigh> I'm a Democrat. truebluegreen Oct 2014 #12

Wait, CDC personnel were actually THERE??? TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #10

Yes. Exactly when they got there, I'm not sure TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #14

is there video of this anywhere? TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #15

Checkout Anderson Cooper's Interview with Whistleblower from Dallas Pres TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #16

I was amazed they also had other patients riverwalker Oct 2014 #9

YEP! Where in the hell were the doctors? TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #13

Nina Pham on YouTube Thursday LeftInTX Oct 2014 #11