Do to all this snow and ice I was thinking what it would be like working in the hospital when the weather is like this. Every place out there can close but hospitals never can. It has to get crazy there. So here are some clips from articles I found.
“Hospital emergency rooms across the Midwest and Northeast are already seeing the inevitable spike in weather-related cases, according to hospitals contacted by the ABC News Medical Unit. They say they are bracing for more, especially among the most vulnerable: the elderly. Emergency departments located on the storm's path are most commonly reporting cases among all ages of slips and falls, as well as chest pains after shoveling snow. The University of Pennsylvania Health System's radiology department oversaw 156 injury X-rays over the past two days -- more than double what they normally see. According to the department, some were multiple X-rays taken for one patient, and many were due to icy slips and falls. Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago -- one of the hardest-hit areas in this week's storm – told ABC News they are now seeing "some of the worst fractures this year compared to over the past few years.’”
“Hospitals in areas of the Midwest where snow and ice storms caused havoc launched emergency disaster plans and limited or canceled outpatient care. “We did institute a ‘code white,’ ” said Greg Alford, spokesman for Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, where about a foot and a half of snow fell. A code white is specifically for winter storms and included steps to ensure that clinical staff could stay overnight in the hospital, said Alford, who like many clinicians, spent the night in the building. The timing of the storm allowed many staffers to arrive at work prepared to sleep at the hospital, Alford said. “
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