has devised a checklist for his medics and fire crews to run through when responding to a potential coronavirus patient. His district covers a 150-square mile stretch of Western Washington dotted with housing developments and small towns south of Seattle.
"You'll see more pressure on the health care system to treat and leave at home, [and] for people to self-monitor their condition rather than going to the hospital," he says. If cases surge, it may be hard for ambulance companies to get other necessary supplies, says Matt Baily, the director at Susquehanna Township EMS in Harrisburg, Pa.In recent years, certain supplies have often been rationed, he says.
However, Baily says money won't address his need for more employees if they get sick, and money alone won't fix the shortage of masks. "It's not unusual for us to respond there on a regular basis because they deal with such sick patients," Hurley says.
They already don’t get paid enough
1st responders I'm praying. American government failed you and they have nothing to help you to combat these calls.
So why exactly did trump cut CDC's budget instead of increasing it to stockpile more masks for such pandemics?
Bow this headline is yelling fire . . .
Media hype at it again... dont remember this much with H1N1
If the first responders are healthy why do they need masks ? The public gas been told only the /* sick Need masks
Gaurd the Guardians
The US government needs to get this fixed YESTERDAY! Enough with the lies and the bullshit!