Disaster Response B #7 The patient load is changing. Over the weekend we had 140 ER visits one day and 130 the next. Today is less. It seems that there is a whole lot of congestive heart failure now. …
Disaster response B #6
Disaster response B #6 Today started out slow, and ended with a 4 hour operation. Ended meaning I haven’t been called again yet. I did rounds with the local surgeons on my patients. We also rounded on the…
Disaster response B #5
Disaster response B #5 It sounded so nice. A patient is in the hospital and almost always has family around them. This evening many were gathered around and singing hymns to the patient. They sang beautifully and loud. Other…
Disaster Response B #4
Disaster Response B #4 I was talking to one of my male patients today about his experience during and after the hurricane. He said that leading up to the hurricane they had no idea that the…