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Rainy Saturdays in ICU
Feb. 13th, 2021 11:04 pmToday in ICU
tt's quiet.
It's boring.
It's rainy and humid and windy outside and the only way I know this was because I walked in it at 0700 to come here, and there's a little window in my patients room and I can at times see the rain and wind whipping about.
I remembered to bring an umbrella with me today. I've lost so many. This one's a freebie from the dumpsters outside Sallys apartment where hoards of international students have returned home, leaving their not worth it items behind.
( My patient is in bed 24. )
Melbourne is back in lockdown as of midnight on Friday due to 8 cases from the Holiday Inn.
A man who flew in on Tuesday to visit his mother; was locked outside the hospital whilst they sorted out a rapid covid test for him.
Meanwhile, the rest of her family from Sydney were all inside; whilst she was very close to passing away.
The managers were seeing what they could do to expedite his entry.
Despite this; he remained outside - and the family used video call so he could at least see what was going on.
By the time the result came back (pretty quick, 4 ish hours maybe?) she had passed away but as it was negative, they let him in (that result isn't 100% - and what about all those family members that would have been considered close contacts of him: or the fact that he's been in to visit every day since Tuesday...)
Rules are rules but I did feel rather sorry for the family. We're not even in the affected state and our visiting policy just changed to reflect how well NSW has been going overall (unlimited visitors but everyone has to wear a mask and check in). - And it's not like he hasn't already been there and visited for the past 4 days (meaning that if he did have it, we were all in trouble...).
tt's quiet.
It's boring.
It's rainy and humid and windy outside and the only way I know this was because I walked in it at 0700 to come here, and there's a little window in my patients room and I can at times see the rain and wind whipping about.
I remembered to bring an umbrella with me today. I've lost so many. This one's a freebie from the dumpsters outside Sallys apartment where hoards of international students have returned home, leaving their not worth it items behind.
( My patient is in bed 24. )
Melbourne is back in lockdown as of midnight on Friday due to 8 cases from the Holiday Inn.
A man who flew in on Tuesday to visit his mother; was locked outside the hospital whilst they sorted out a rapid covid test for him.
Meanwhile, the rest of her family from Sydney were all inside; whilst she was very close to passing away.
The managers were seeing what they could do to expedite his entry.
Despite this; he remained outside - and the family used video call so he could at least see what was going on.
By the time the result came back (pretty quick, 4 ish hours maybe?) she had passed away but as it was negative, they let him in (that result isn't 100% - and what about all those family members that would have been considered close contacts of him: or the fact that he's been in to visit every day since Tuesday...)
Rules are rules but I did feel rather sorry for the family. We're not even in the affected state and our visiting policy just changed to reflect how well NSW has been going overall (unlimited visitors but everyone has to wear a mask and check in). - And it's not like he hasn't already been there and visited for the past 4 days (meaning that if he did have it, we were all in trouble...).
