âLike a bathtub filling upâ: Alabama is slammed by COVID-19
By JAY REEVES The Associated Press,Updated December 29, 2020, 12:43 p.m.
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Nurses and medical staff made their way through the seventh floor COVID-19 unit at East Alabama Medical Center on Dec. 10 in Opelika, Ala.Julie Bennett/Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) â With its dozen intensive care beds already full, Cullman Regional Medical Center began looking desperately for options as more and more COVID-19 patients showed up.
Ten beds normally used for less severe cases were transformed into intensive care rooms, with extra IV machines brought in. Video monitors were set up to enable the staff to keep watch over patients whenever a nurse had to scurry away to care for someone else.
âLike a bathtub filling upâ: Alabama is slammed by the virus By JAY REEVES | December 29, 2020 at 12:06 PM CST - Updated December 29 at 11:12 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) â With its dozen intensive care beds already full, Cullman Regional Medical Center began looking desperately for options as more and more COVID-19 patients showed up.
Ten beds normally used for less severe cases were transformed into intensive care rooms, with extra IV machines brought in. Video monitors were set up to enable the staff to keep watch over patients whenever a nurse had to scurry away to care for someone else.
The patch did the job â for the time being, at least.
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East Alabama Medical Center nurse Abby Smith works on a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, in Opelika, Ala. The medical center faces a new influx of COVID-19 patients as the pandemic intensifies. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)AP
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With its dozen intensive care beds already full, Cullman Regional Medical Center began looking desperately for options as more and more COVID-19 patients showed up.
Ten beds normally used for less severe cases were transformed into intensive care rooms, with extra IV machines brought in. Video monitors were set up to enable the staff to keep watch over patients whenever a nurse had to scurry away to care for someone else.
âLike a bathtub filling upâ: Alabama is slammed by the virus By JAY REEVES | December 29, 2020 at 12:06 PM CST - Updated December 29 at 11:12 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) â With its dozen intensive care beds already full, Cullman Regional Medical Center began looking desperately for options as more and more COVID-19 patients showed up.
Ten beds normally used for less severe cases were transformed into intensive care rooms, with extra IV machines brought in. Video monitors were set up to enable the staff to keep watch over patients whenever a nurse had to scurry away to care for someone else.
The patch did the job â for the time being, at least.
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BATON ROUGE, La. Luke Letlow, Louisiana’s newest Republican member of the U.S. House, died Tuesday night from complications related to COVID-19 only days before being sworn into office. He was 41 years old.
Luke Letlow speaks after signing up in July to run for Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District seat.
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Letlow spokesman Andrew Bautsch confirmed the congressman-elect’s death at Ochsner-LSU Health Shreveport.
“The family appreciates the numerous prayers and support over the past days but asks for privacy during this difficult and unexpected time,” Bautsch said in a statement. “A statement from the family along with funeral arrangements will be announced at a later time.”