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I have a suspicion that ICU training for a COVID specific nurse could be much shorter - if there were any will or basic common fucking sense among policy makers
by mandmandam 5y ago
I have a suspicion that ICU training for a COVID specific nurse could be much shorter - if there were any will or basic common fucking sense among policy makers, and if there were fewer people making excuses for those who ghoulishly and cynically privatized healthcare for profit across the Western world.
- crooked-v 5y agoA "COVID specific nurse" still needs the entire slate of training that goes with respiratory disease, inflammatory disease, etc, and all the secondary complications that come from those.
- mandmandam 5y agoThen train 3 nurses in respiratory disease, inflammatory disease, and secondary complications separately. Put them under an experienced nurse, and incentivize them to add to their skills when they're not working. Look at the sheer difference in numbers of healthcare professionals between America and Cuba. If they can do it even after decades of cruel and unusual sanctions, we sure as fuck can too.
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- m4rtink 5y agoWell, mistakes by ICU personnel can easily kill - and that's on top of a significant, often >50% death chance for covid ICU patients. Better make sure the people don't get as far as getting intensive care in the first place.
- daddylongstroke 5y ago>Better make sure the people don't get as far as getting intensive care in the first place. I couldn't agree more. The only intellectually honest response Germany (and other countries) should have is to mandate the obese (by far the highest cohort of worst COVID outcomes) to strict diet, exercise, etc.