"I have seen so many emergent intubations. I've seen people more sick than I've ever seen in my life." COVID ICU nurse Lacie Gooch hopes you will listen. @UNMC_ID @unmc @Prof_Lowe @DanielWJohnson9 @KellyCawcuttMD @JamesLawler11
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- .@LSUbaseball, you may not have won the @NCAACWS championship, but you'll always be champions to our kids. See you next year. 💜💛 #GeauxCWS
- This is a great early Christmas present! Steven Garay came here in the middle of Hurricane Harvey. He had cancer, but treatment helped him turn the tide. Today he had his last round of chemo, ringing the "Cancer Be Gong." And boy, did he ring it! Congrats, Steven! @JJWatt
00:00 - Important news from Nebraska Medicine and several other leading health care systems in our state:
- Our 1st 6 to receive the COVID-19 vaccine! Brandi Johansen, COVID unit nurse manager Dan Johnson, MD, critical care anesthesiologist Martin Gilgenast, phlebotomist Komi Gbedjeha, resp. therapist Ross Davidson, MD, UNMC chief pulmonary critical care fellow Kalen Knight, ER nurse
- A big thank you to @Hawks_Wrestling's Real Woods who took time to surprise Dylan DeRocher with a birthday call! Dylan, a wrestler from Le Mars, Iowa, is one of Real's biggest fans. Dylan is fighting acute myeloid leukemia at Nebraska Medical Center. #Hawkeyes
- These are some of our nationally known infectious diseases experts who are speaking up in favor of stronger public health measures. Nebraska Medicine fully supports that call. bit.ly/36jUX5J
- "We COVID have patients coming into the ER with blood oxygen saturations in the 40s and 50s and even lower than that. Normal is 92 to 100%." Along with nurses, our respiratory therapists are integral to the care of COVID patients. Courtney shares what she's seeing.
00:00 - Without this data, our infectious diseases specialists say it’s like flying blind in a storm.If you ignore a pandemic, does it go away?@NEDHHS
- Rural hospitals are almost full. Metro hospitals will soon be unable to take transfer patients. What comes next? This shows the COVID-19 case explosion in NE. This is a call for state leaders and for you to take more decisive action to protect our state. nyti.ms/3ptTyCu
- Nebraska Medicine and UNMC providers, staff members, faculty and students kneel in silence for 8 minutes, 46 seconds to recognize the killing of George Floyd and to show their commitment to improving the health and safety of the Black community. #WhiteCoatsForBlackLives
- "It is almost pointless to talk about a second or third wave because we're nowhere near through the first wave of this." - Dr. Jeffrey Gold "Masks work. It's unequivocal. It's like a seat belt. Please wear a mask when you're out." - Dr. Ali Khan @KETV bit.ly/3d9r2ia
- Our nurses continue to fight the battle. Here's what they want you to know. #nursesrock #NEMEDSTRONG
00:00 - Thank you to the health care workers who are tirelessly caring for COVID-19 patients and others who need medical care for heart attacks, strokes, trauma and other emergency conditions! We asked these staff members what message they wanted to share with all of you. #NEMEDSTRONG
