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Ambulance stolen outside Touro Infirmary emergency room

An Emergency Medical Services ambulance was stolen outside the Touro Infirmary emergency room on Thursday (April 22), the New Orleans Police Department reported. The ambulance was unattended in the 1400 block of Foucher Street when a man got in and drove off. As he fled, he struck multiple vehicles — including an NOPD unit, police said. New Orleans police officers later found the ambulance in Gert Town, and a suspect was taken into custody at Earhart Boulevard and Pine Street. No injuries were reported in the incident. The suspect was taken to the hospital for evaluation. Further details were not immediately available. Anyone with information is urged to call the NOPD Sixth District station at 504-658-6060 to speak to a detective, or Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111 to leave an anonymous tip that could be eligible for a cash reward.

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'We didn't break': Respiratory therapists, stretched thin, play key role in COVID-19 fight

'We didn't break': Respiratory therapists, stretched thin, play key role in COVID-19 fight The COVID-19 pandemic has spotlighted respiratory therapists amid a shortage of RTs in New Orleans and elsewhere. Share Updated: 6:26 PM CDT Apr 1, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has spotlighted respiratory therapists amid a shortage of RTs in New Orleans and elsewhere. Share Updated: 6:26 PM CDT Apr 1, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript NEED GREG: OCTAVIA BLANCO FINISHED HER MEDICAL TRAINING IN JU 2019 AND STARTED WORK AT TOURO INFIRMARY BY LATE SUMMER. >> AND THAT’S WHEN EVERYTHING WAS FINE AND DANDY THAT’S WHEN I WAS LEARNING, YOU KNOW, SIMPLE STUFF, TIME MANAGEMENT, HOW TO DO THIS. AND THEN AFTER MARDI GRAS, BOOM. GREG: CARNIVAL 2020 IN NEW ORLEANS WAS A SUPER-SPREADER EVENT. A FEW WEEKS LATER, HOSPITALS LIKE TOURO SAW A SURGE OF COVID-19 PATIENTS. >> IT WAS JUST LIKE, OH MY LORD, I DON’T KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO NEXT. I DON’T KNOW HOW WE’RE GOING TO MANAGING THIS THIN HOW ARE WE GOING TO TACKLE THIS? GREG: OCTAVIA IS A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST AND DOCTORS AND NURSES THAT WE HAVE TALKED TO SAY RT'S, AS THEY’RE CALLED, ARE UNSUNG HEROES OF THE PANDEMIC. >> THEY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FRONT AND CENTER, WORKING LITERALLY AT THE HEAD OF THE BED WITH THE PATIENT, YOU KNOW, MANAGING THEIR BREATHING, INSERTING BREATHING TUBES, MANAGING LIFE SUPPOR >> AH, WE’RE FINALLY GETTING THE APPRECIATION WE DESERVE. GREG: NUMBERS FROM THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS SHOW RT'S WERE ALREADY IN HIGH DEMAND BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, PROJECTIONS WERE THAT BY 2029, THE NUMBER OF JOBS NATIONWIDE WOULD INCREASE NEARLY 20%, COMPARE THAT WITH 4% JOB GROWTH FOR ALL OTHER JOBS, THE MEAN PAY FOR RT'S LOUISIANA IS NEARLY $55,000 A YEAR. AND AGAIN, THAT’S BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, AND WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR ABOUT COVID-19 IS THAT THERE WILL BE A GREATER NEED FOR RESPIRATORY THERAPY IN T FORESEEABLE FUTURE AT MOST HEALTH CARE SETTINGS. >> I THINK, RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE MANAGING, BUT I THINK IT’S GOING TO GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY WON’T BE ABLE TO MANAGE EVENTUALLY. I KNOW MANY OF THE LOC HOSPITALS HAVE JUST SEVERAL OPENINGS NOT TO NAME ANY NAMES, BUT I KNOW THERE’S ONE FACILITY LOCALLY THAT WOULD HIRE EVERY GRADUATE I PUT OUT IN JULY IF THEY COULD GREG: ONLINE JOB OPENINGS AT AREA HOSPITALS SHOW DOZENS OF LISTINGS FOR RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS. RENE RANDALL WITH DELGADO SAYS ITS RT TRAINING PROGRAM HAS ROOM FOR 40 STUDENTS, CURRENTLY THERE ARE 26. SHE THOUGHT THE PANDEMIC WOU BOOST INTEREST IN THE PROFESSION. >> SO I TRULY EXPECTED TO HAVE A BOOM IN APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR, AND I DIDN’T. GREG: ONE WAY HOSPITALS ARE RESPONDING TO THE SHORTAGE MAY ACTUALLY BE MAKING IT WORSE, THEY TURN TO TEMPORARY STAFFING FIRMS, WHO PAY TOP DOLLAR TO ATTRACT WORKERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> WHICH LEAVES A DEARTH OF STAFFING AND AVAILABLE RT'S TO SERVE THE HOSPITAL IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. GREG: DOUG LAHER IS CONFIDENT RT STAFFING NUMBERS WILL EVENTUAL RISE, PEOPLE COMING INTO THE FIELD KNOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. >> AND I THINK THAT YOU’RE ALSO SEEING ANOTHER GROUP AND SUBSET OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HOLDING BAC WAITING FOR THINGS TO DIE DOWN. GREG: OCTAVIA BLANCO ADMITS HER FIRST YEAR ON THE JOB WAS MORE CHALLENGING THAN SHE COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINE >> BUT HONESTLY, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW I WAS ABLE TO GO TO WORK AND SEE SO MANY PEOPLE PASS AW OR SEE SO MANY PEOPLE GETTING CLOSE TO PASSING AWAY, AND THEN GOING HOME AND SITTING IN MY SON’S FACE LIKE NOTHING JUST HAPPENED LIKE, THAT’S CRAZY. GREG: WHAT GOT HER THROUGH THAT TRIAL BY FIRE WAS KNOWING SHE WAS PART OF A TEAM THAT WAS MAKING A DIFFERENCE DURING THE PANDEMIC. >> THAT’S THE THING ABOUT MY TEAM, IS WE WENT THROUGH IT, WE BEARED THROUGH, WE WORKED THROUGH AND WE’RE STILL TOGETHER AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO THAT’S ONE THING THAT I WAS VERY PROUD O GREG: THERE’S GOOD NEWS FOR ANYONE THINKING ABOUT A CAREER IN RESPIRATORY THERAPY, DELGADO HAS EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FOR NEW STUDENTS TO APPLY TO ITS PROGRA UNTIL APRIL 15. YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO APPLY RIGHT NOW ON WDSU.COM AND ON OUR M