An interesting & sobering read from those on the front line in NSW (a health system supposedly better resourced than NZ).
As frustrating as hell as continued travel restrictions and such are - they are there mostly for good reason. Our health staff really deserve our support for what is going to be a couple of very tough months for them.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-13/covid-omicron-wave-hospitals-doctors-nurses/100815748
Because we’re in a locked area, if something’s happening, others can’t really see. A patient ran away and got herself all tangled up with all the drips and everything. A new grad nurse was trying to hold her down. She was screaming and she pressed the button for help, and no-one came.
As frustrating as hell as continued travel restrictions and such are - they are there mostly for good reason. Our health staff really deserve our support for what is going to be a couple of very tough months for them.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-13/covid-omicron-wave-hospitals-doctors-nurses/100815748
Because we’re in a locked area, if something’s happening, others can’t really see. A patient ran away and got herself all tangled up with all the drips and everything. A new grad nurse was trying to hold her down. She was screaming and she pressed the button for help, and no-one came.
I ran to help her, and while I was trying to help, I was screamed at by an unvaccinated patient. He was telling me COVID was fake and he wanted to go home. I’m trying to explain to him that he came in very sick. We had to give him adrenaline to help him breathe. The next day, he felt better and it didn’t click in his mind that we actually prevented him from dying.