Comments on: Influenza Flu – Possible Pandemic – Shortage of Ventilators – New York Times http://gruntdoc.com/2008/03/influenza-flu-possible-pandemic-shortage-of-ventilators-new-york-times.html Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas Sat, 12 May 2012 12:36:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Curious EMT http://gruntdoc.com/2008/03/influenza-flu-possible-pandemic-shortage-of-ventilators-new-york-times.html/comment-page-1#comment-10085 Curious EMT Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:51:00 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2008/03/influenza-flu-possible-pandemic-shortage-of-ventilators-new-york-times.html#comment-10085 H5N1 Virus.....ewwwwwe. I guess we'll see what happens when the virus gets to the human to human transmission phase. Do you think this truly is a issue (H5N1 pandemic)? When speaking of global health events, I've heard mostly about the H5N1 virus as compared to other events. Do you think this is because of media attention etc. or is it the most serious threat right now? H5N1 Virus…..ewwwwwe. I guess we’ll see what happens when the virus gets to the human to human transmission phase. Do you think this truly is a issue (H5N1 pandemic)? When speaking of global health events, I’ve heard mostly about the H5N1 virus as compared to other events. Do you think this is because of media attention etc. or is it the most serious threat right now?

]]> By: shadowfax http://gruntdoc.com/2008/03/influenza-flu-possible-pandemic-shortage-of-ventilators-new-york-times.html/comment-page-1#comment-10074 shadowfax Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:44:35 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2008/03/influenza-flu-possible-pandemic-shortage-of-ventilators-new-york-times.html#comment-10074 Nice post, and good eye. I linked & expanded a bit over at <a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Blogs/8888" rel="nofollow">MedPage Today</a>. Cheers, SF Nice post, and good eye. I linked & expanded a bit over at MedPage Today.

Cheers,

SF

]]> By: Ian Furst http://gruntdoc.com/2008/03/influenza-flu-possible-pandemic-shortage-of-ventilators-new-york-times.html/comment-page-1#comment-10071 Ian Furst Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:14:27 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2008/03/influenza-flu-possible-pandemic-shortage-of-ventilators-new-york-times.html#comment-10071 About two years ago we went through a similar exercise and had a survey sent to all of the surgi-centres. They wanted to know about any ventilators that might be in the clinic. They didn’t seem to be too concerned about the type, age, or state of repair of the ventilator, just whether it existed. Somewhere, in the depths’ of the bowels of our Provincial Government, there is a doomsday list of forgotten and seldom used ventilators that will be brought out in the event of an outbreak. It’s scary as hell and I hope we never need it. <a href="http://www.waittimes.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">www.waittimes.blogspot.com</a> About two years ago we went through a similar exercise and had a survey sent to all of the surgi-centres. They wanted to know about any ventilators that might be in the clinic. They didn’t seem to be too concerned about the type, age, or state of repair of the ventilator, just whether it existed. Somewhere, in the depths’ of the bowels of our Provincial Government, there is a doomsday list of forgotten and seldom used ventilators that will be brought out in the event of an outbreak. It’s scary as hell and I hope we never need it.
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