Comments on: Jade is not just a gemstone

By: NurseJoc

NurseJoc — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:00:25 +0000

Stories like the ones you share make me happy to be naive in my lack of experience.

Kids coding… I’ll never get used to that idea.

The media should kick back up soon enough. As the cooler seasons come, more and more people will be in closed spaces allowing h1n1 to spread more easily. Here we go!

By: Paris

Paris — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:18:04 +0000

Thank you for sharing your experience and helping raise awareness about H1N1. I would agree that H1N1 is not in the public consciousness as much as it was when it first broke and it was therefore ‘newsworthy.’ Nurses are incredibly brave for putting their own health on the line for their patients every day. Thank you so much.

By: alex

alex — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:17:01 +0000

we’ve had some h1n1 younguns on my unit, too..and by young i mean 30ish. i had the pleasure of coding one and i have to say it was one of the saddest codes i’ve ever witnessed. i’ve heard rumors that some people are getting so sick that they’re sustained on ecmo and awaiting workup for lung transplant…which honestly scares the living daylights out of me.

i’ve noticed that the media has gotten awfully closemouthed about the most recent h1n1 deaths. reports used to readily admit that victims were elderly and had serious underlying medical conditions that contributed to the death. now, all we hear is that details are not being released out of respect for the peoples’ families. it makes me wonder if this is turning into a particularly virulent epidemic under our noses.

By: Katie B

Katie B — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:06:22 +0000

Thank you for this posting. In my position, I am asked to weigh in on vaccine policy as a part of pandemic response. I see the H1N1 vaccine as a critical piece of a prevention strategy (not the only piece, but still). Stories like yours help remind us that the perception of H1N1 as a mild illness and not something that should be of concern are naive.

By: NPs Save Lives

NPs Save Lives — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:28:54 +0000

The Swine Flu is something to watch closely. I can’t imagine losing someone to something like a virus.

By: Reality Rounds

Reality Rounds — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:34:52 +0000

Yep, pregnant patients are one of the highest risk populations to become critically ill with H1N1 or any flu (vaccinate please!)
My heart still races with neonatal codes. My heart comes out of my chest still (after 16 years)with pregnant mom/emergency C/S codes. Codes where you are doing CPR on the mom and the baby at the same time in the OR. No one ever gets used to that.

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:15:32 +0000

Harrowing. We also had some of these H1N1 pts in the MICU a month ago (otherwise healthy, in their 20s-30s). Some made it, some didn’t. It’s really hard when we’re being told not blow the whole swineflu epidemic out of proportion while you are watching otherwise healthy young people actually die from H1N1 related ARDS.

Scared the crap out of me actually. I feel like my contract couldn’t have ended at at a better time.