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The chief on vacation in the mountains five hours away and described the way they found her. did he think she was dead already? >> he thought she was dead. tremendous amount of blood. he indicates that he reaches for her wrist to see if she has a pulse and her leg moves. and she gasps. >> but it didnt look like shed be alive for long. the detective drove dave lang to the hospital, told him prepare for the worst. as he arrived at the emergency room, dan ran into a nurse he knew. >> and she took o...

>> it is far more contagious but it wont jump across a river or go 50 miles. what is happening is that its more concentrated in the upper airways. this is one of the most significant studies that is not getting attention. it shows that it is infecting and replicating at a higher level in the nose but at a much lower level at the lung tissue where the severe illness occurs. it explains why we dont see cough and fever as often with omicron and why we have more spread because were blowing it off th...

Get those boosters to their bedside, its a difficult one.— its a difficult one. well, my answer probably _ its a difficult one. well, my answer probably isnt i its a difficult one. well, my answer probably isnt very i its a difficult one. well, my i answer probably isnt very helpful, but it is to catherine to carry on doing what shes doing. her mother is very lucky to have her. just doing her damnedest to get through these teething problems, this is a very unprecedented and innocence a sense u...

What is notable at the bedside is they seem to be less ill, they do not seem to need a ventilator when other patients do, but certainly, i mean, this week i was looking after one patient who hasnt needed to be ventilated and had been extremely relieved to have had the vaccine and spoke very strongly of his initial doubts about getting vaccinated and how glad he was that he had done it, and so i think a big plea to everybody, we realise that sometimes there are worries about treatments like vacci...

Still guessing that, and that is really the challenge, its the uncertainty. the nhs needs to be as agile and as flexible as possible and i think it has been the most agile and flexible it has been in the last two years than i can ever remember, but still the challenges come. ~ . , ., ., come. what proportion of the atients come. what proportion of the patients who _ come. what proportion of the patients who are _ come. what proportion of the patients who are in _ come. what proportion of the pat...

We still need to be prepared for a range of different eventualities which might include a big covid wave, but it might also mean that we still need to do whatever we can do to keep surgery going, so that patients who need urgent cancer care, for example, are still guessing that, and that is really the challenge, its the uncertainty. the nhs needs to be as agile and as flexible as possible and i think it has been the most agile and flexible it has been in the last two years than i can ever rememb...

He died in the fall of the year. It was his time to go. Letting go means release, not holding on.

Was -- i think taya, you might be able to speak to this better than i can, but having to relive the most awful day, right, of your life and to put on a face and kind of persevere i stepped in because it was a bit too much. so when she said hey, i need some assistance here, say no more. right? so i will gladly take on that burden. it doesnt feel like its a burden. its right thing to do. ainsley: im sure boys look up to you and need that father figure in life. thank you for stepping up to that cau...

Can do, we can control the things that we can control, which is trying to manage beds and trying to manage staffing to the best of our ability, allocate resources that we have, to optimize patient care. but beyond that, as i mentioned in the article, once the glass starts to overfill, we lose control of the situation. so, heres what my request was of the community. number one, just a personal appeal to those folks that had to step away from health care, particularly in-patient health care, who h...

Health care heroes. they were in march 2020. they still have today. theres just fewer of us at the bedside. if you have that skillset and that talent, please consider returning to help your local health care facility. and number two to the community, you can play a great role in this by doing the things that we need to do to turn down the infection rate. those are things that have been well described. those are things like vaccinating. we talked about boosting earlier. talking in indoor public s...