Jmartjrmd
Well-Known Member
I could see the need for all those masks easily. Now if used as intended a surgical mask and N95 were intended to be one time use only. So if you check your patient how you're supposed to ( at least 1 time per hour) that's 12 masks in a 12 hour shift. Let's say ICU nurse has 2 patients that's 24 masks a shift. Let's say it's a 20 bed unit that's 10 nurses. That's 240 masks a shift. Let's say nurses are working 3 shifts per week. That's 2880 masks a month with doing a minimum amount of contact with your patients and that's an idealistic staff estimate because a really sick patient may have to be 1:1 and in my scenario its ONE unit at ONE hospital. That's one 20 bed ICU. Add in doctors, respiratory therapists, xray techs and that number of masks easily adds up.
Some nurses have put their IV pumps in the hall so everytime they beep they don't go into the room however anytime someone has a line you should be assessing it every single hour. Not to mention the extra trips they need to make to give meds, answer call lights, procedures, etc.
We need every bit of PPE we can get.
Some nurses have put their IV pumps in the hall so everytime they beep they don't go into the room however anytime someone has a line you should be assessing it every single hour. Not to mention the extra trips they need to make to give meds, answer call lights, procedures, etc.
We need every bit of PPE we can get.
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