Ebola round 2

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Status
Not open for further replies.
The guy was vomiting before the ambulance took him back to the hospital. They used the ambulance for two more days. They let him go home the first time he went to the ER because they didn't deem him that ill. My average ER visits have ranged from 3 to 7 hours or more. I wonder how long Mr. Ebola waited in the ER waiting room waiting to be triaged, and then waiting for an ER room.

Hello; Yes that has crossed my mind as well. It may be possible the 100 people or so under watch include those in the ER waiting room. I would like to see some of the actual protocols published about such things as that and how ER and waiting rooms are sanitized.
 
Were they quarantined?

They were threatened with arrest if they left the premises. I read somewhere that the sweat soaked sheets of Mr. Ebola are still on the bed, and no one has told his girlfriend what to do with them. How can she not get sick? Time will tell.
 
Hello; Here is a bit from an ALO online story.
Written by NOMAAN MERCHANT & DAVID WARREN Oct 2nd 2014 6:36PM of the Associated Press title - Family that hosted Ebola patient confined to home

“The virus that causes Ebola is not airborne and can only be spread through close contact with someone who has symptoms. People must come into direct contact with the patient's bodily fluids - blood, sweat, vomit, feces, urine, saliva or semen - and those fluids must have an entry point.”
“Ebola dried on surfaces can survive for several hours, according to the CDC.”

“For example, people might get infected by handling soiled clothing or bed sheets and then touching their nose, mouth or eyes, or if they are not wearing gloves while doing those tasks and have a cut on their hand.”

The part about ebola surviving for several hours on surfaces seems a key factor to my way of thinking. This brings the ER room and ambulance contamination question into a bit clearer focus.
 
I have been pretty critical of the fear mongering, do have to admit the ball has been dropped pretty bad on this one. Yes she and the kids are locked in there apartment. with the fowled bedding and towels. The excuse was they could not find cleaner service to go in and clean it up. This should not be a cleaning service issue but a CDC action. When he went to hospital and said yes i have been to leon (sp) the fuirst time he went he should have been quarantined right there. there is no excuse. yes he was puking when they where moving to the ambulance, puking on the ground, this is a 20 thousand person complex. that hole family should be removed from the apartment, taken to one of the full quarantine hospitals and the area of witch there are six, and the apartment disinfected by a haz-mat(sp)crew. all articles removed.
 
I am still not on the pandemic train, but this is certainly a wake up call, folks going to get reamed and lose jobs over this. CDC and the hospital he went to will be under fire in the coming weeks.
 
They were threatened with arrest if they left the premises. I read somewhere that the sweat soaked sheets of Mr. Ebola are still on the bed, and no one has told his girlfriend what to do with them. How can she not get sick? Time will tell.
Actually, I meant the clean up crew(of the vomit). As they didn't use any protection.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
MonsterFishKeepers.com