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1 American Greed & Stupidity
20:00 Wal-Mart & Target Lines are
Packed, full carts, shelves empty.Panicked and aggressive
shoppers hoard food and TP..
20:05 EMS brings in a 87 yr old male from a Nursing home to the local ED.He had chest pain is on a monitor.No PPE is used it appears
It's cardiac...
2- 20:45 Local grocery, Americans
Continue hoarding.TP is gone, canned goods are gone...

20:55 The ED doc did a cardiac
Work up, everythings negative.So far 2 RNs, a tech, and a medic - care for pt X
3- 21:10 CVS and Walgreens.2 blocks from the drive thru COVID19 test sites.Lines are long
A woman scores 3 12 packs of TP
A fight breaks out....

21:15 Pt X Becomes confused, his hr is 120, his o2 sat is 94%.His temp is .None of the ED team have been tested by their hospital
4-21:45 The local dollar store is about to close.The same woman from CVS is in line, she has 4 large
Packs of TP...

21:55 PT X 02 sat dropped to 88.
Signs of dyspnea increase.His ang is bad.Staff are overwelmed, oxygen is high flow...
5-22:00 The TP lady is in line at the local 24 hrs gas store.She found more rolls.They don't check her bag.The bathroom is missing items..
22:45 pt X crashes.A code blue is called.A team of 6 are at the bedside.The Doc tilts pt X head back.Visualized the vocal cords,
Intubates.No ones thinking about
Invisible microbes..
6- 23:30 at another Walmart, the son of Lady TP is in line.Hes bought a case of flushable wipes.

02:00 pt X IS now in ICU.Managed by a hospitalist, RN And RT.He returns from Radiology where he had a CT...
7-06:00 The woman answers the text.Yes she has TP for sale.Just
25.00 for a 12 pkg of AngelSoft

06:15- the Hospitalist shows the ICU staff the patchy infiltrates on the CT.A COVID19 test is ordered
8-06:45- though its shift change, ICU accepts an admission.Dx ARDS, BILATERAL PNEUMONIA.Everyones in PPE.
The patients known.He's one of their ED docs.Not word about the who is said.
9- 0945 1 Doc, and 8 RNs have gone to stores with no luck.There's no TP in town.7 kids were dropped at school.8 spouses went to work.
Ones has a cough.But doesnt call in, each feels fear.All silently cuss greedy citizens.Then go to bed, ready to start over at 1900
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