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struggle4progress

(118,285 posts) Sat Oct 18, 2014, 01:05 PM Oct 2014

Be prepared! How far do you have to walk to get to the ebola hospital nearest you?

US Has Capacity for 11 Ebola Patients at Specialized Hospitals
Oct 16, 2014, 4:47 PM ET
By ABC NEWS
There are four hospitals with biocontainment facilities in the United States, and they have 11 beds that can be used at any one time for Ebola patients.

Treatment for me is just 267 miles away

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Be prepared! How far do you have to walk to get to the ebola hospital nearest you? (Original Post) struggle4progress Oct 2014 OP

Apparently, not entirely correct frazzled Oct 2014 #1

Why would I need to go to one? MineralMan Oct 2014 #2

Why would I walk? Brickbat Oct 2014 #3

UCLA medical center is where I'll take my chances. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #4

Treatment for me at UNC-Chapel Hill Hospitals is 2+ miles away. mnhtnbb Oct 2014 #5

Like walking dead? Control-Z Oct 2014 #6

New York State's Ebola plan calls for.... Princess Turandot Oct 2014 #7

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

1. Apparently, not entirely correct

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 01:15 PM

Oct 2014

Other hospitals are gearing up for biocontainment. This from yesterday in Chicago:

Rush has already formed an Ebola task force, comprised of doctors, nurses and support staff that have volunteered to take care of any Ebola patients arriving at the hospital.

The volunteers are first being trained on how to use the designated protective equipment, most of which exceeds CDC recommendations.

“Waterproof gowns, leggings that are waterproof, a waterproof hood that covers the entire head, a visor that covers the opening of the face and a procedure mask,” Infectious disease expert Dr. John Segreti said.
On Thursday, infection control experts watched as volunteers were drilled on how to put on the protective equipment, and, arguably the most hazardous part of the process, how to get of that gear.

The hospital is also building out a portion of their ICU so it will have biocontainment capacity similar to what the CDC possesses.
Though there haven’t been any cases of Ebola in Chicago so far, the city’s health officials say they’re taking extra precautions.

Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/CDC-Considers-Chicago-Hospital-as-Ebola-Treatment-Center-279491782.html#ixzz3GW9QlAYX

Rush University Medical Center is 2.5 miles from my house--so even though I could walk it on a nice day if I were well, I couldn't walk there if I had ebola. I probably couldn't walk 2.5 blocks if I had ebola.

MineralMan

(146,316 posts)

2. Why would I need to go to one?

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 01:28 PM

Oct 2014

The major hospitals here in the Twin Cities are all set up to accept Ebola patients. The latest strategy has been a training program for other hospital ER staffs and deals with getting those with possible Ebola to one of the hospitals that is set up for treating them. Everyone's rehearsing this stuff and getting ready, just in case. We have 30,000 Liberian immigrants here, and there is travel between the affected countries and the Twin Cities, although not a lot just now.

I can't imagine that I will need any of those services, though.

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)

3. Why would I walk?

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 01:29 PM

Oct 2014

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)

4. UCLA medical center is where I'll take my chances.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 01:34 PM

Oct 2014

There is a smaller hospital 4 blocks from my home I could walk to, but they are part of Providence and maybe run by catholics so who knows what sort of preps they have done.

I think here in CA training is mandatory under CalOSHA rules.

mnhtnbb

(31,389 posts)

5. Treatment for me at UNC-Chapel Hill Hospitals is 2+ miles away.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 02:50 PM

Oct 2014

and say they would only be prepared to care for ONE patient at a time.

http://news.unchealthcare.org/news/2014/october/ebola

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)

6. Like walking dead?

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 03:18 PM

Oct 2014

Zombies and abandoned cars blocking all highways? Walking to one of only 4 places in the country qualified to help? Stepping over dead bodies along the route that didnt make it?

Does Your OP/poll have a purpose other than to fear monger?

Princess Turandot

(4,787 posts)

7. New York State's Ebola plan calls for....

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 04:05 PM

Oct 2014

New York State's Ebola plan calls for eight hospitals statewide to handle all patients diagnosed with Ebola, with plans to designate additional hospitals going forward. The following eight hospitals have agreed to the designation and are creating isolation units to accept patients:

Mt. Sinai in Manhattan
New York Presbyterian in Manhattan
Bellevue in Manhattan
Montefiore in the Bronx
North Shore/LIJ Health System in Nassau County
Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse
University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester
Stony Brook University Hospital on Long Island

http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/10162014-ebola-preparedness-plan

Most of them are academic med centers, the primary teaching hospitals for many of the state's medical schools.

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