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In the video linked above by Redheadedgal (I think), the medic is the one wearing something on his waist. I suspect it's a rebreather apparatus. You can see him helping the Dr out of the ambulance, and the Dr. uses two hands to maintain balance while exiting - one hand in the medic's control, and his left hand on the side of the ambu. Dr. is not carrying anything.
I also suspect that the walking out was more media than not...meaning, the hue and cry for bringing a gravely ill with ebola man into the US needed some better optics than a gurney and someone being transferred that way. Besides, walking means that exposure to folks around is limited; only one guy there which is very, very odd to me) to be exposed to, rather than a team and a gurney.
I believe, knowing typical hospital protocol is to not let folks walk out to their rides after a stay; meeting incoming patients with gurney and help (e.g. in an ER type situation); and basic safety for patients, folks are not usually ambulating down the corridor from one place to the other...and certainly not someone who, just two days ago, was considered "gravely ill".
I suspect some optics; not saying it was political, not at all. The Dr. himself may have said "look, let me walk in there so people don't think I'm that ill", or whatever...but it certainly was not the typical way a patient goes from an ambulance into the hospital...not in the least.
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I also suspect that the walking out was more media than not...meaning, the hue and cry for bringing a gravely ill with ebola man into the US needed some better optics than a gurney and someone being transferred that way. Besides, walking means that exposure to folks around is limited; only one guy there which is very, very odd to me) to be exposed to, rather than a team and a gurney.
I believe, knowing typical hospital protocol is to not let folks walk out to their rides after a stay; meeting incoming patients with gurney and help (e.g. in an ER type situation); and basic safety for patients, folks are not usually ambulating down the corridor from one place to the other...and certainly not someone who, just two days ago, was considered "gravely ill".
I suspect some optics; not saying it was political, not at all. The Dr. himself may have said "look, let me walk in there so people don't think I'm that ill", or whatever...but it certainly was not the typical way a patient goes from an ambulance into the hospital...not in the least.
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Herding cats