EBOLA 4nurses on CBS talking about Duncan NOW
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Flashyzipp
Veteran Member
Fascinating! I keep thinking we are all so terrified by ebola because of the horror of so much pain and bodily fluids pouring from us - how horrendous!
bev
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Yeah, wow. I'm an RN, and these nurses really touched my heart. If I was still working, I don't know that I would be strong / brave enough to volunteer to care for an EBOLA patient. These nurses said they volunteered.
They described the copious amount of bodily fluids Duncan produced, as well as cleaning it all up.
They talked about their personal interactions with him - just talking and listening, providing physical as well as emotional care and comfort. All while sweating profusely in their PPE. The male nurse said when he took off his PPE, it was like he had jumped in a lake. (Initially, their PPE did not completely cover their skin, but they were later provided the appropriate PPE.)
These nurses are heroes. They were scared, but they did what they needed to do, despite the risks, despite knowing Duncan had not been truthful with them, they didn't judge. And they seem to have been truly impacted by caring for him.
They were shocked to learn that two colleagues had been infected.
Only one of the nurses is still monitoring her temp, since she also cared for Nina Pham.
They described the copious amount of bodily fluids Duncan produced, as well as cleaning it all up.
They talked about their personal interactions with him - just talking and listening, providing physical as well as emotional care and comfort. All while sweating profusely in their PPE. The male nurse said when he took off his PPE, it was like he had jumped in a lake. (Initially, their PPE did not completely cover their skin, but they were later provided the appropriate PPE.)
These nurses are heroes. They were scared, but they did what they needed to do, despite the risks, despite knowing Duncan had not been truthful with them, they didn't judge. And they seem to have been truly impacted by caring for him.
They were shocked to learn that two colleagues had been infected.
Only one of the nurses is still monitoring her temp, since she also cared for Nina Pham.
bev
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Nightingale
Contributing Member
bev
Has No Life - Lives on TB
The male nurse said after Duncan was intubated, on the ventilator, on dialysis, he (Duncan) had tears running down his face; so did this nurse. He said he wiped Duncan's tears and held him in his arms. Kept saying that Duncan was alone. "Not 15 minutes later, I couldn't find a pulse."
Very sad.
Very sad.
bev
Has No Life - Lives on TB
I went looking for a video, and all I could find were articles or a couple of short previews.
So now, CBS has it up:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebola-inside-the-first-united-states-diagnosis-thomas-eric-duncan/
Hope that works!
So now, CBS has it up:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebola-inside-the-first-united-states-diagnosis-thomas-eric-duncan/
Hope that works!
John Deere Girl
Veteran Member
These nurses are true heroes & angels of mercy IMO.
A hoax can be wrapped up in a real crisis, so I'm not necessairly swallowing everything. "Never let a good crisis..."
Nevertheless, the info about steroids went a long way to negating my suspicians about Dr. Kent Brantley and Nurse Pham. Also, a link Cascade (? is that her name? - avatar has a lady in a kayak w/dog) posted indirectly indicated that non fatal cases can be rather brief, even though full recovery is much longer. That was something I had not expected. The only wierd thing that now sticks with me about Brantley's case is that he walked out of the ambulance into the hospital. I still find that inexplicable.
Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
At the time, CDC here in Atlanta was asked about that.
They said it was because Brantly was 30-something and Writebol was in her 50's.
I can identify with that...
ParanoidNot
Veteran Member
12 hours prior to Dr. Brantly taking off from Africa he was given a half dose of Zmapp (this was his second flight, the first left and then returned for repairs to the African airport because the air pressurization in the plane was malfunctioning). He was given the Zmapp because he was crashing and the flight medic said he would probably die prior to them landing in Nebraska. Within 2 hours of receiving the Zmapp, Dr. Brantly was able to walk to the bathroom, use the bathroom, and talk coherently.
A phone call was made to the Zmapp lab in the states, and they were asked if this was typical of Zmapp, and the lab said that this was the very same recovery profile they had observed in most (all?) of the lab animals.
Dr. Brantly may be a walking Zmapp production facility, as may also be true of Nurse Pham, the NBC stringer cameraman, and the one other person (I can't recall who but I think it was a missionary) who have received plasma from Dr. Brantly.
msswv123
Veteran Member
I have to say the same thing...they are truly national treasures.
