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New to Twitter but I've really reached a breaking point. I am a hospitalist in Alabama. I don't have much experience with this sort of thing but here goes. Our entire system is on diversion. I have spent multiple hours in the past 2 weeks trying to help work with our local
System. Every hospital is on diversion. UAB is having to turn down critical tertiary patients. St. Vincent's, Brookwood, Princeton, Grandview, Huntsville Hospital, DCH, and many others are literally at maximum capacity. Today, I had a rheumatology collegue contact me asking if
My hospital had COVID beds. I had to tell them no. I have a 49 yo on ECMO. 3 people in their 50s on near max vent settings, a 28 yo "obese" patient (254 lbs) intubated, and countless elderly people who just keep going backwards. I have tried so hard to stay off of social media as
I am a bit older. Its part of my overall code to avoid things like social media, but I truly feel the need to speak out. Alabama is on fire with #COVID19. STEMIs and truamas and strokes and GI bleeds and even acute non-COVID respiratory failure patients are suffering
I've seen it first hand. Transfers for subarachnoid hemorrhage and retroperotineal hemorrhage and aortic dissection are almost impossible, not to mention tertiary care for ARDS. Trying to get advanced care for pulmonary complications is like finding a golden ticket. Its near
Impossible. Our state has been left behind and our citizens have been fed lie after lie. I honestly dont know how to combat this further other than to expose the truth. Our resources have reaches a limit in Central Alabama and things are going to get even more dire in the next
1-2 weeks. I honestly can't believe I'm posting at this time but desperate times call for desperate measures.
