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BlueIdaho

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17. Correct!

Reply to Mariana (Reply #14)

Sat Sep 25, 2021, 11:37 AM

Sep 2021

There are no more Doctors and nurses to throw into the fray. The GQP Governor refuses to order a mask mandate, but has ordered national guard troops to “help.” As a doctor from another state said - “We are running out of hallways.”

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I think ERs should start doing 'triage' at admit.. [View all] Volaris Sep 2021 OP

Can't do that. tymorial Sep 2021 #1

I agree...let me tell you a story...my daughter broke both her ankles...she fell of a bleacher like Demsrule86 Sep 2021 #16

That is truly unacceptable tymorial Sep 2021 #19

It was pretty awful and we did complain to make matters worse we lived in a small area and the Demsrule86 Sep 2021 #20

How long ago was this? You have a lawsuit tymorial Sep 2021 #22

No lawyer would take the case...they all said...if she was dead maybe...Ohio has tort reform. Demsrule86 Sep 2021 #23

I have no problem turning away the non-vaccinated during triage LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #2

If I were a trumpist, I'd have no trouble turning away Biden voters. Hortensis Sep 2021 #3

For anyone checking in to a hospital, ascertain their feelings and if they want ivermectin, refer th keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #4

Veterinarians are taking COVID patients now? jmowreader Sep 2021 #10

Wishful thinking, eh? keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #11

Crisis Standards of Care. BlueIdaho Sep 2021 #5

That's infuriating. But the proper solution should be to commit more resources Bucky Sep 2021 #8

You can't commit resources that don't exist. Mariana Sep 2021 #14

Correct! BlueIdaho Sep 2021 #17

Yep! Republicans have now developed their death panels. keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #12

Next up KentuckyWoman Sep 2021 #6

To fight this anti-vax barbarism, we must become barbarians Bucky Sep 2021 #7

Hospitals treat in all those situations because they make money at it. Klaralven Sep 2021 #13

Well there's this thing called the Hippocratic Oath, see Bucky Sep 2021 #21

My heart goes out to those frontline medical professionals. However... Bucky Sep 2021 #9

Exactly. We don't provide or withhold treatment for the ill based on arbitrary views StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #15

only if the situation requires it Piasladic Sep 2021 #18