Yes
Not yet
Dfw

No confirmed cases but many PUI

For our hospital

What's PUI?

TIA.

Persons under investigation

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Persons under investigation

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Not even remotely what I was thinking. I see UI and immediately think of urinary tract infection.

Again, thanks.

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Yes. Not all of them are being tested. There is absolutely no doubt there's community spread in a lot of cities in Texas, but testing is not being done on the majority of people who have symptoms. There have been patients admitted with typical symptoms without another known cause, but for one reason or another could not be tested per the current guidelines. Not all of these patients are being placed on isolation, either. It is my fear that nurses may contract the virus from one of these, not know they have it, and transmit it to other hospitalized patients.

Potentially. Our ICUs have been about 80% full for the last several months. A huge surge in ICU patients would put a strain on us.

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Respriratory patients?

3 confirmed in Tyler. All travel related, 2 relatives. Several PUIs

Every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess

I tend to agree. We will not recognize the peak until it is long past. I am sure many people will die but most will not not see it until it is gone.

Take the Bell county case in Belton from last night/this morning. The only reason he was tested was he was in France and Spain last week. If he had been fishing at the lake instead he would have never been tested. It would be treated like the flu and he would have probably gotten over it.

There will be some places where the elderly will be hit really hard. And it will be really sad. My mom is 78 and not well anyways. Stepdad is 80. We are not visiting them and they are allowing no visitors. I cannot say that I blame them.

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It is my fear that nurses may contract the virus from one of these, not know they have it, and transmit it to other hospitalized patients.

Potentially. Our ICUs have been about 80% full for the last several months. A huge surge in ICU patients would put a strain on us.

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I brought this up to a delivery nurse who stop by my neighbors place. She works at a hospital in The Woodlands and she wasn't worried about the influx of patients and thought that this was all overblown. She even doubled down by saying the the doctors she worked with felt the same. She was pissed and didn't understand all these cancellations.

Her thoughts were that Italy has an older population, poor medical facilities and poor organization which caused their issues. She was sure it wouldn't happen here and to stop buying into the fear. She kept saying more people die of the flu and no ones gets this worked up about it. I was a bit dumbfounded as I have an aggie friend who is pretty high at the same hospital who said the opposite just a few days ago.

Two totally different views...

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All A&M said:

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Looks like Texas has very few cases compared to the worst hit states. Just curious... as of today:

1) Are you seeing any patients with coronavirus symptoms?
2) Any capacity concerns at this time?
3) What city are you in?

I never thought I would look forward to heat and humidity but I'm rooting for an early Texas summer.

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Yes. Not all of them are being tested. There is absolutely no doubt there's community spread in a lot of cities in Texas, but testing is not being done on the majority of people who have symptoms. There have been patients admitted with typical symptoms without another known cause, but for one reason or another could not be tested per the current guidelines. Not all of these patients are being placed on isolation, either. It is my fear that nurses may contract the virus from one of these, not know they have it, and transmit it to other hospitalized patients.

Potentially. Our ICUs have been about 80% full for the last several months. A huge surge in ICU patients would put a strain on us.

I'm not allowed to be talking about it at all, from a memo we got today.

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Well, by all means. We should not let nurses treat anyone. Ever. They might get sick.

The point is you don't want staff unknowingly passing virus on to other patients. It's easier to keep that from happening when you know who your contagious patients are.

The lack of PPE supply means that people with questionable symptoms are not all being put in isolation. Hospitals are limiting mask availability.

And we were already routinely running low on masks and PPE before this all started. Hospital running a tight JIT inventory system based on historical averages. No leeway for emergencies.

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1) Are you seeing any patients with coronavirus symptoms?

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No, but it's coming. And the ER is stretched pretty thin with rule outs.

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Yes. Not all of them are being tested. There is absolutely no doubt there's community spread in a lot of cities in Texas, but testing is not being done on the majority of people who have symptoms. There have been patients admitted with typical symptoms without another known cause, but for one reason or another could not be tested per the current guidelines. Not all of these patients are being placed on isolation, either. It is my fear that nurses may contract the virus from one of these, not know they have it, and transmit it to other hospitalized patients.

Potentially. Our ICUs have been about 80% full for the last several months. A huge surge in ICU patients would put a strain on us.

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Don't have the numbers in front of me but past few weeks are not significantly more than usual for the season.

My GF works for BSW in BCS and they have zero confirmed cases as of tonight.