Blood transfusions could be dangerous in the long term, considering blood born pathogens. Such as HIV or malaria.
It would be hard to implement wide spread blood transfusions in Africa.
That's a very good point.
Well, we don't even know if it antibodies in the blood which is making the difference. We can hope it is, but as of yet that is not established.
Dallas nurse is 'clinically stable'
Officials are still trying to figure out how a Dallas nurse who cared for Duncan was infected. Nina Pham, a recent nursing college graduate, got her certification less than two months earlier. On Monday, she got a blood transfusion from American Ebola survivor Kent Brantly and is "clinically stable." http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/14/health/ebola-up-to-speed/
Well, we don't even know if it antibodies in the blood which is making the difference. We can hope it is, but as of yet that is not established.
Shaking my head at the arrogance. The first rule of professionalism in health care is to always strive for self- improvement.
It can be exhausting nursing a child through a nasty bout with the flu, so imagine how 22-year-old Fatu Kekula felt nursing her entire family through Ebola.
Her father. Her mother. Her sister. Her cousin.
Fatu took care of them all, single-handedly feeding them, cleaning them and giving them medications.
And she did so with remarkable success. Three out of her four patients survived. That's a 25% death rate -- considerably better than the estimated Ebola death rate of 70%.
Antimalarial drug Chloroquine shows promise against Ebola
https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z12bd3jaxvucgbfgj04cf5a5eryicvizims0k
CDC issues new statement regarding the role of the CDC in future USA suspected or confirmed cases of Ebola virus.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/833226?src=wnl_edit_newsal&uac=89707MG
They are now backtracking somewhat on their original statement that any hospital can safely care for an Ebola- positive patient. They will be on the scene and assessing for transport to one of the 4 designated biohazard containment hospitals, in addition to the care given by the receiving facility.
It's a little late, but I think it's an appropriate response considering that a young, healthy nurse is now sick... and as LaborDayRN points out above, there are some problems in the Parkland PPE video and maybe the CDC doctors watched it and saw the problems... Thank you for your professional input LaborDayRN. I'm going to have a closer look at the video but will never ever laugh at what Parkland put together- as you didn't, either.
I have extreme respect for my fellow RNs.
I'd like to explain my earlier comment. When I watched the video, I saw several things that needed improvement. I was in no way laughing at the video or the people who made it. I meant this as constructive criticism. As professionals we do strive for self-improvement and I would hope that this would be an opportunity for learning the right way to remove PPE.
At one point the nurse reached up with her gloved hand and grabbed her gown by her neck/shoulder. It appeared to me that she touched her scrubs with her gloved hand. This is not how I was trained to remove an iso gown. Also, after removing her boot covers, she stood in the same spot in her shoes. In the real world you may walk through body fluids when someone is bleeding or sick. It didn't show any disinfection process when she left the area, which IMO would be very important. You could track the virus onto the ward or when you take your shoes off later, you could contaminate your hands. MOO
Antimalarial drug Chloroquine shows promise against Ebola
https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z12bd3jaxvucgbfgj04cf5a5eryicvizims0k
:tyou: I'm glad you understand. I didn't want anyone to get the wrong impression. I work on a very busy L&D unit. with between 5,000 and 6,000 births a year. I've been splashed (sometimes in the face) with amniotic fluid (meconium :shameand blood. I've been vomited on.....it's a glamorous job...... I love my PPE!! :heartbeat: