So yesterday we had an Ebola information session conference call with God knows who, because half of us arrived late because we were given the wrong room assignment. Aaanyway, we definitely didn't miss much, because it went something like this:
Pretty much everyone is shouting it from the rooftops right now. Even more so than throughput and patient satisfaction. Wow, never thought I'd see the day when we didn't have to hear about patient satisfaction for once. Can't wait to see the complaints rolling in: "And they made me wait for 5 hours because they said they were busy taking care of someone with Ebola".
In all seriousness though, I can't wait for wintertime & flu season, when EVERYONE will have fever, vomiting & diarrhea. Good timing, Ebola, good timing.
I also can't wait to be taking care of these idiots dressed like this:
When I should be dressed like this:
But it looks so cute & innocent!
I'm also getting rather tired of various posts out there that point out that TB, HIV, Meningitis, and other infectious disease have killed and daily kill more people than Ebola. That's great. None of them are as virulent, unpredictable, or unfamiliar to US healthcare workers, and frankly any healthcare workers outside Africa. So stop trying to downplay how serious it is. If you think it's such a walk in the park, please come work with me in the ER.
Keep your head on a swivel folks, know what to look for, what to do, and who to call.
But of course I gotta have a little bit of fun:
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