Child dies from rabies after bat found in room, Canada officials say
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"The parents looked, didn't see any signs of a bite or scratches or saliva, and didn't seek getting a rabies vaccine," a health official said.
    • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
      42·
      3 months ago

      And if you don’t know why, look up what happens to humans with untreated rabies. It’s virtually untreatable and one of the worst possible ways you can go.

    • affiliate@lemmy.world
      16·
      3 months ago

      getting a rabies shot in the US is a pain in the ass, but it’s definitely still worth doing. (speaking from experience)

      when i got the first shot, they gave me like 3-4 other shots too, but it was for a cat bite so mileage may vary on that part. i went to the ER for the first shot because you need to get it within 24 hours. at the ER, i found out that the ER was the only place i could get it (at least where i was, not sure if that is true nationwide). and i had to go back to the ER 3 times for follow up shots, each on a specific day. and each time i had to wait 3-4 hours for a 5 minute shot.

      absolutely still worth doing though. the rabies numbers are crazy. 100% chance to die if you have rabies and no vaccine. 0% chance to die with the vaccine.

      i also found out that there are pre-exposure and post-exposure rabies vaccines, and the pre-exposure ones only require 3 shots and can be gotten at a pharmacy, but the post-exposure ones require an ER visit. (again, this might vary from state to state)

    • calabast@lemm.ee
      20·
      3 months ago

      After being found in room, bat linked to rabies related to fatal incident undergone by baby, according to sound waves created by the mouth of official who represents Canada.

    • rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com
      4·
      3 months ago

      I’m not sure if it applies to journalism, but when I do things like write reports about medicals I was involved in, I write like that. Usually because that person goes on to definitive care and I don’t know how they fared. Patient was found in this location, services were called, patient was transported to hospital. It feels robotic, but idk how best to handle it.

    • stoly@lemmy.world
      31·
      3 months ago

      This is journalistic style. The goal isn’t to say X was the cause of Y but that it’s reported that Y because of X.

  • Smoogs@lemmy.world
    35·
    3 months ago

    Define asap as a unit of time. As Being in a typical emergency waiting room for a life saving vaccine you could be waiting a full day.

    Things that are faster than the emergency services:

    Doing your taxes

    Applying for residency

    Applying for passport.

    Applying for citizenship

    Testing and buying a new car.

    Getting a background check done

    Waiting for the tv technician to arrive at your home when they give you an 8 hr waiting period and also the installation.

    Being on hold with literally any service.

    Getting any form of dental work done

    Any sports game.

    Painting a room

    Doing a marathon

      • Smoogs@lemmy.world
        25·
        3 months ago

        And yet people still die waiting in ER.

        Working in ER doesn’t trump people who have been in ER waiting/dying to be seen. There have been deaths waiting in ER and it’s dismissed as not important enough to change the situation. If anything, claiming you worked in ER and defending this shit is admittance to apathy and sociopathic tendencies

        • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOP
          41·
          3 months ago

          I worked in an ER for three years and health care for twenty, and I have yet to see anyone die waiting.

          • Smoogs@lemmy.world
            12·
            3 months ago

            That’s because of a bias liability clause. legally you’ve been coached that anyone dying in the waiting room isn’t to do with the waiting room and should be defended that their death is unrelated so that you can absolve yourself of any liability.

            https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8743675/

            identified the first 6-hour ED stay as a critical factor; after the first 6 hours of ED stay, the risks of mortality and admission to the intensive care unit increased by twofold progressively when patient permanence exceeded 24 hours. Chalfin et al. [9] reported a higher in-hospital mortality rate (17.4% vs. 12.9%) in a cohort of 120 hospitals for patients who were in the ED for more than 6 hours. Because of overcrowding, the risk of medical error becomes even more tangible, especially when we consider patients staying for long periods in overcrowded ED hallways/observation rooms [10]. The economic burden for patients is particularly high for those who are affected by diseases and needing critical care—such as patients with respiratory insufficiency who need noninvasive ventilation [11] or sepsis subjects—who usually stay in the ED for a long time before being assigned to the appropriate hospital ward [12,13].

            Study 2021

            • pishadoot@sh.itjust.works
              21·
              3 months ago

              The study you link has literally nothing to do with your claim.

              Do you find it weird that people die in ERs sometimes, and it happens more often in overcrowded ERs, as the study you link suggests? Because that’s what it’s saying. That long triage times and short staffing leads to worse patient outcomes… And surprise, this study was in 2021, still peak COVID year.

              • Smoogs@lemmy.world
                1·
                3 months ago

                Covid is still here dumbass. And the several issues they named aren’t even Covid related

                Holy shit All the fucking excuses you just come up with. You are so full of shit. You don’t even work in an ER. Fuck off psychopath. Stay away from people.