Just had a lovely long chat with my bestie in California. She works ICU in Central CA, & I thought I'd share her most recent war stories in a Thread: #COVID19Aus#COVID19Vic#Covid19NSW
1: She works in a 22 bed ICU - but that has been expanded to cope with more COVID patients /2
2: Last year, most of their COVID patients were migrant workers, most with significant co-morbidities. But this year, it's across the population demographics, & co-morbidities aren't as big a factor;
3: Patients are only admitted to ICU for ventilation; #Covid19AU#COVID19Vic /3
Mar 14, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
@mmechomski Yes. Cleanliness has really come to the forefront. I spend 15 minutes each night going over all the light switches, door, drawer & appliance handles w disinfectant wipes. All of them in the house. Then in the arvo, B4 I pick Gigi up from school, do just the things I've touched /2@mmechomski we have separate (diff colours) hand towels in kitchen, dishwasher is emptied w gloves on - Gigi had a cold a couple of weeks ago, I've got a grumbling one w sneezing & slightly sore throat (not CV symptoms) this last 5 days, so being super cautious. She's not driving yet, so is