As the spike in new cases of COVID-19 is erupting around Florida and other states like Texas and California---we are maintaining a fair amount of capacity in our local hospitals.
Ventilator capacity locally is 80%.
Bed capacity is about 25%
We simply have not seen hospitals being overrun with COVID-19 cases locally--thankfully.
We are getting a higher number of new positive cases, and younger people are coming up positive in higher numbers as well.
So this week for our 47th Coffee With the Commissioner Event--we age going back to the source for new insights, facts and figures about the pandemic's impacts locally on our 3 main hospitals.
We will focus on our area's response to the COVID-19
Pandemic and how our area hospitals are handling the current issues locally.
Our guests for this live conversation will be Escambia County Administrator
Janice Gilley, Baptist Health Care in Pensacola CEO Mark Faulkner, Dawn
Rudolph, President and CEO of Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola, Justin
Labrato, President of Ascension Medical Group, and Gay Nord, CEO Of West
Florida Hospital.
I intend to ask about how the Hospitals are handling this pandemic locally, their current census figures, and how the number of available ICU beds is figuring into our area's "preparedness" for a spike in new cases-----if this leads to a spike in new hospital admissions.
I'll also ask about their surge plans; how will they react if we get an influx in new hospitalizations like the Houston area is seeing?
To wear or not to wear masks--I'll have some questions about that.
If you have questions for these experts---send them to me via email or Facebook---or add comments to this post and I will ask the questions of the experts this Wednesday.
To join the event live Wednesday morning, simply go to
https://www.facebook.com/CommissionerBergosh/
"See You" online this Wednesday!
My mom is a nurse at a local hospital. I think the mixed messaging has to do with keeping PPE for healthcare workers and other factors such as not really understand how it will spread. Now that we understand the spread more, I think it is recommended. As new information rolls in, recommendations may change.
ReplyDeleteI am concerned about my mom because she now works on a COVID-19 floor. She wears all the necessary PPE. It's really not fair to her that this will be an ongoing threat to her and my family. There are peer-reviewed journals and all the research suggests that a mask can be helpful. The virus is spread by droplet, it makes sense that a barrier would help prevent the spread. Sure, it's not a 100% guarantee, but it decreases the chances significantly.
Another problem is that if this continues without getting control of it with what we know will help, it's going to be worse and there will be hospital overcapacity. How will Escambia County handle this?
Look at New Zealand. They have been successful. Let's learn from their example. They are getting cases only because of travel in and out of the country. If the US as a whole doesn't follow suit, we may be banned from entering other countries through travel as they recover.
https://www.acton.org/publications/transatlantic/2020/06/18/explainer-what-does-black-lives-matter-believe
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ReplyDeleteThere are some very important discussions that need to be had soon. One is in coordination with the Children's initiative you all put on the ballot and especially what is going on in our country now, in addition to the appointed school superintendent coming up.
ReplyDeleteJust to be brief, I saw Life Liberty and Levine last night and the speaker was Bob Woodson.
Bob Woodson, founder and president of the Woodson Center, joins Mark Levin to discuss the 1776 Initiative which was created to refute the claims made by the New York Times' 1619 Project.
It was a real eye opener and helped to make perfect sense of what we are seeing happen in our country with the Markist influx of the BLM socialist revolution and how people are being brainwashed to hate their own country and to cast blame instead of taking responsibility for their own actions and freedom.
The 1776 initiative from the Woodson center needs boots on the ground in Escambia.
Even WEAR and PNJ are going along with the false narrative and posting dangerous propaganda. The newest video isn't up but it will be in this series. It is very important.
https://video.foxnews.com/playlist/on-air-life-liberty-levin/
The Woodson Center
https://woodsoncenter.org/