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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by kaiabwpdjqn on Monday March 09, 2020 @11:43PM (#22532555)
My point is that medical staff are trained to respond to many things. Training newbies to respond to one thing would probably be easy and fast. Especially if most people just need fluids, oxygen, and aspirin. Burning out doctors to maximize survival rates up front is... bad
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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by drchiu on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @01:30AM (#22533005)
It isn’t that easy to train someone to handle medical emergencies. They don’t typically fall into the same “path”.

As well there’s a technical skill component that takes a while to master due to variations in person-to-person anatomy. Took me about 8-10 real live intubations in life or death emergency situations (not training where I had all the time in the world) to feel comfortable enough to be unsupervised.

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by cstejerean on Monday March 09, 2020 @11:54PM (#22532591)
If all you needed is something that a person with no training could handle they’d send you home and have a family member care for you.
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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by kaiabwpdjqn on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @09:32AM (#22535273)
well it’s a good thing I didn’t suggest that
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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by nradov on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @12:08AM (#22532650)
Aspirin isn't an effective treatment.
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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by kaiabwpdjqn on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @09:31AM (#22535259)
what is the treatment then?
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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by nradov on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @11:01AM (#22536000)
Same treatments as usual for pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and sepsis.
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