Post by jackier on Sept 12, 2008 3:42:33 GMT -5
A steady stream of elderly patients, infants in incubators and others among the city's most vulnerable ill residents left this weekend via a fleet of ambulances, underscoring the effort by local health officials to avoid the missteps that occurred during Hurricane Katrina three years ago, when some critically sick people were left virtually abandoned in flooded, powerless medical facilities and nursing homes. The ambulances ferried patients to the airport for transport to hospitals farther east, in Florida and North Carolina. The effort is not without risk: Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said in a news conference Sunday evening that officials have received unconfirmed reports of three patients dying in transport, one from New Orleans and two from Lake Charles.At the same time, hospitals here were trying out new systems put in place to keep out the water, keep the lights on and keep family members in touch with loved ones being dispatched hundreds of miles away."We're getting a dry run," said Robert Lynch, chief executive of Tulane Medical Center downtown, standing in the emergency room's waiting room, where Katrina blew in three feet of water in 2005. wow goldworld of warcraft goldbuy wow goldcheap wow goldwow power levelingwow powerlevelingwow goldworld of warcraft goldbuy wow goldcheap wow goldwow power levelingwow powerlevelingwow goldworld of warcraft goldbuy wow goldcheap wow goldwow power levelingwow powerleveling but I don't think we will," Lynch said. "We're moving the patients most difficult to move if they have to be moved in a crisis."Those included premature babies and elderly patients from the intensive care unit. ffxi gilfinal fantasy xi gilmaple story mesosmaplestory mesosmaplestory mesolotro goldlotr goldlord of the ring goldffxi gilfinal fantasy xi gilmaple story mesosmaplestory mesosmaplestory mesolotro goldlotr goldlord of the ring goldComplicating matters was the reality that a handful of very sick people were still being admitted to the hospital Sunday, and some smaller facilities were sending a few of their patients to Tulane, the largest downtown hospital.The devastation of Katrina was so severe it took six months for Tulane Medical Center to reopen. lotro goldlotr goldlord of the ring goldmaple story mesosmaplestory mesosmaplestory mesoffxi gilfinal fantasy xi gilrunescape goldrunescape moneyrunescape goldrunescape moneyrunescape goldrunescape moneysilkroad goldbuy silkroad goldsilkroad goldbuy silkroad goldNow, its power generators are on higher ground and are protected by "submarine doors" to keep the water out, Lynch said. The glass windows and doors of the hospital entrance were covered with plywood Sunday.Most hospitals appeared to be taking the same approach: Moving the most critically ill patients,city of villains infamycov infamywow levelingwow golddofus kamaskamas dofusdofus kamaskamas dofusdofus kamaskamas dofusage of conan goldaoc power levelingage of conan power levelingaoc levelingage of conan goldage goldage of conan goldage goldage of conan goldage goldcutting the number of staff members still on duty compared with Katrina, but keeping the doors open and some patients in hospital beds.Not all went smoothly.tibia moneyvanguard goldwow goldwow power levelingwow powerlevelingwow goldwow power levelingwow powerleveling age of conan goldaoc power levelingage of conan power levelingaoc levelingage of conan goldaoc power levelingage of conan power levelingaoc levelingage of conan goldaoc goldaoc power levelingage of conan power levelingaoc leveling Eleven ambulances -- some from as far away as Pittsburgh -- spent much of the afternoon waiting to take patients from Tulane to the airport, but several departed empty, apparently because of trouble with flight connections, according to a paramedic with one of the ambulances.age conan goldage conan goldage conan goldbuy ffxi gilbuy ffxi gilbuy ffxi gileverquest 2 goldeq2 plateverquest 2 goldeq2 plateverquest 2 goldeq2 platWarhammer goldmaking his way toward one of the last buses taking evacuees out of the city before dusk."