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TexasMommaWithAHat

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59. Knowing how hospitals work, this is mostly on the attending physician, imo.

Fri Oct 17, 2014, 09:03 AM

Oct 2014

Not some computer glitch.

He didn't thoroughly read the patient's chart. Charting is a large part of what a nurse does daily. For proper care of the patient. And to cover their own butts. And the doctors' butts. And the hospitals' butts.

The American people completely understand the concept of "the patient's chart," but the hospital, media, and even the cdc have been intent on explaining what happened as "computer problems, miscommunication,etc." Even, now, they refuse to use simple terminology that most Americans will immediately "get."

Btw, if I understand correctly, the attending physician did send Mr. Duncan for a scan, so he may have been considering something like appendicitis. I don't think he just wrote him off. Appendicitis can lead to spikes in fever, nausea, abdominal pain, but like all diseases, not all patients present with all symptoms. But the ball WAS dropped.

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That's a good thing. Little Star Oct 2014 #1

We need our states to regulate our hospitals to make certain our hospitals are prepared Tweedy Oct 2014 #2

the State Departments of Health riverwalker Oct 2014 #5

How to explain it? Tweedy Oct 2014 #7

Maybe you should have gone to that department's website MineralMan Oct 2014 #8

I'm not talking now riverwalker Oct 2014 #10

notice the dates of all the updates riverwalker Oct 2014 #14

And I was supposed to know that how, exactly? MineralMan Oct 2014 #17

On Oct 6 riverwalker Oct 2014 #22

I did riverwalker Oct 2014 #16

And now the site reflects updated information. MineralMan Oct 2014 #21

It's not "hindsight" riverwalker Oct 2014 #24

can do without riverwalker Oct 2014 #20

It's October 16th now. MineralMan Oct 2014 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author riverwalker Oct 2014 #46

I'm afraid the consequences of that YarnAddict Oct 2014 #12

Hospitals need to be able to deal with outbreaks Tweedy Oct 2014 #25

It's a problem YarnAddict Oct 2014 #26

Flu Tweedy Oct 2014 #27

no they don't TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #35

Confusion Tweedy Oct 2014 #37

the CDC provided incorrect protocols TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #47

What? Tweedy Oct 2014 #48

Oh dear Lord! TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #49

Trying to make a point Tweedy Oct 2014 #51

The CDC is involved in many countries in the world Marrah_G Oct 2014 #53

Yes, but they don't have authority in other countries TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #54

First mistake Tweedy Oct 2014 #38

Texas Health care system FAIL notrightatall Oct 2014 #3

CDC fail as well B2G Oct 2014 #4

Nope, this one's on Texas. notrightatall Oct 2014 #9

Bullshit B2G Oct 2014 #13

Didn't say anything of the sort. notrightatall Oct 2014 #18

Maybe zero mortality Tweedy Oct 2014 #39

Yup, it's all on TEXAS. notrightatall Oct 2014 #40

Don't know about that without more info Tweedy Oct 2014 #43

I'm being a "tad" hyperbolic ................. notrightatall Oct 2014 #44

Should have realized Tweedy Oct 2014 #45

You need to listen to the whistleblower nurse TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #55

That hospital did not try, sent him home, did not require pp for 2days. notrightatall Oct 2014 #56

Knowing how hospitals work, this is mostly on the attending physician, imo. TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #59

I think more on admin. notrightatall Oct 2014 #60

Cdc has done its job Tweedy Oct 2014 #41

Well, just a couple of days YarnAddict Oct 2014 #15

No, not OK. notrightatall Oct 2014 #28

It's a national problem YarnAddict Oct 2014 #31

Mostly a Texas induced National problem, at this point. notrightatall Oct 2014 #32

Well, maybe the problem YarnAddict Oct 2014 #33

He did not lie to the TEXAS hospital who sent him home, sentencing him to death. notrightatall Oct 2014 #34

He told about his travel history on the first visit, from reports I read. moriah Oct 2014 #50

As he stated on his deathbed, he thought he was helping a woman who might be having Luminous Animal Oct 2014 #52

+1 000 000 000 000 000 kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #30

Only if you believe cdc is omnipotent Tweedy Oct 2014 #19

Leaving on a jet plane. GeorgeGist Oct 2014 #6

Again notrightatall Oct 2014 #11

Good. IMHO her life was at risk in TH Pres. They are not capable of safely treating Ebola cases. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #29

Not to mention the risk to nurses, doctors and other patients. bklyncowgirl Oct 2014 #62

Which is why I DID mention staff safety in my post. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #66

How about some media outlet slamming Rick Perry for his poor response JCMach1 Oct 2014 #36

He gets indicted on felony charges and we get crickets. notrightatall Oct 2014 #42

Not only that, didn't he take a foreign trip as all this shite was hitting the fan? JCMach1 Oct 2014 #67

Yes, we went to euro-Disney notrightatall Oct 2014 #68

her blood is gold nt DeadEyeDyck Oct 2014 #57

Yes. She is on the road to recovery JimDandy Oct 2014 #58

That is a very premature statement TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #61

All the US patients survived who were given transfusions containing the Ebola antigen JimDandy Oct 2014 #63

Not according to an infectious disease specialist TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #64

Again, 100% Ebola survival rate in the US JimDandy Oct 2014 #65