"Last night broke me."

[L. Coyote]

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1/Last night broke me. I've never imagined I would see such lack of care from politicians for people they represent, for people they supposed to advocate for. Covid should've never been about politics. It's about life & death. People are still dying! Nobody cares!

2/We have no capacity to care for the sick either from covid or from other things. We do the best we can. But we just cannot care for the amount of sickness with the resources we have. Everything is either deficient or delayed or short or takes time to be found or outdated.

3/Deficient of staff, or supply, or drugs, or blood, or lab tests. Ran out of amps with sugar (D50). Why check blood glucose if cannot replace it? Ran out of sterile flashes. Instead of 10 cc they use 3 cc flashes. One hospital has no central lines, the other - midlines.

4/Ran out of lab technicians & lab tests. Sent blood for a lab test to be done ASAP, didn't get results for hours. How much time does it take to get a result ASAP? Some lab results never come back. Blood may never be processed, or may be lost. Or nobody is there to do the test.

5/ Blood supply is low. Some covid patients are bleeding profusely. Last night brain bleed, bowel bleed, hemorrhagic shock from stomach bleed. Blood donation bus came this am to the hospital entrance to collect blood from dead-tired healthcare workers.

6/Where are the politicians? Come to bedside or go donate blood. During legislative session each state house & senate & staffers go donate blood, go volunteer in the hospital. Instead you are doing shitty laws to gain power, control, wealth.

7/Where are the medical organizations? Should be screaming at every media outlet abt the deep crisis we r in. Its not enough to write a statement & be happy about own performance. The disinfo doctor is being confirmed for state surgeon general position, no society speaks abt it.

8/Where are the reporters? One thing they do is they ask of what is the name of the hospital. Because they want a hot screaming story. IT'S EVERY HOSPITAL! Or most of them. No names. But all these are true facts. Lived by us. Every. Single. Shift.

9/Honestly, we are 2 years into the pandemic. Politicians f*cked the response in this country. We reached this point that its scary to be in need of healthcare because no matter if for covid or not for covid you'll get a very deficient healthcare.

10/You can believe in whatever you want to believe (vaccines/no vaccines/ivermectin) but no party can save you from dying if you don't get care you need when you need it. If we run around the hospital to find an amp w sugar water it means you may die even from low blood sugar.

11/Last night broke me. I had no moment to sit down x12 hrs. Several crashing patients, tons of procedures. Nurses & RTs were running around not having time to eat or drink x12 hrs. Some brought water & food for the shift & it remained untouched. Never ending Spring 2020 😭