09-03-2021, 07:23 AM
Discussed this before and I will concur with Fly on the Paramedics stories, we have Paramedic connections in the family and both have said callouts for mental health issues related to CoVid are high. As I have said before only if a patient is admitted to hospital do they become a statistic so unsuccessful suicides who recover on location for example wont make the stat sheets.
Even the ambulance crews are drug tested more due to the stress levels and nursing is a profession that has always had its problems with addictions and that has also got worse during CoVid.
The TV series Nurse Jackie was entertaining but the bottom line was she was on the gear and getting it from inhouse sources.....whoever wrote that show wasnt making it up and our frontline heathcare workers are strung out with CoVid and we are going to lose some of the best in the business thanks to the lack of Government support and I suspect its the same in most States.
Even the ambulance crews are drug tested more due to the stress levels and nursing is a profession that has always had its problems with addictions and that has also got worse during CoVid.
The TV series Nurse Jackie was entertaining but the bottom line was she was on the gear and getting it from inhouse sources.....whoever wrote that show wasnt making it up and our frontline heathcare workers are strung out with CoVid and we are going to lose some of the best in the business thanks to the lack of Government support and I suspect its the same in most States.