{"id":28612,"date":"2020-07-14T22:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=28612"},"modified":"2020-07-14T22:00:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T12:00:38","slug":"nurse-on-the-frontlines-of-covid-19-shares-her-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=28612","title":{"rendered":"Nurse on the Frontlines of COVID-19 Shares Her Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"915\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Erin_Olszewski.jpg\" alt=\"Nurse on the Frontlines of COVID-19 Shares Her Experience\" class=\"wp-image-28613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Erin_Olszewski.jpg 915w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Erin_Olszewski-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Erin_Olszewski-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Erin Olszewski, a nurse turned undercover reporter and whistleblower, reveals the horrific maltreatment of COVID-19 patients at Elmhurst Hospital Center, the public hospital in Queens, New York, that is \u201cthe epicenter of the epicenter\u201d of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olszewski addresses a number of problems at Elmhurst, including the disproportionate mortality rate among people of color and the controversial rule surrounding Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elmhurst does not segregate COVID-positive and COVID-negative patients, thereby ensuring maximum spread of the disease among noninfected patients coming in with other health problems<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patients who repeatedly tested negative for COVID-19 were still listed as confirmed positive and placed on mechanical ventilation, thus artificially inflating the case numbers while condemning the patient to death from lung injury<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the doctors treating these patients are not trained in critical care. One of the \u201cdoctors\u201d on the COVID floor is a dentist, and inexperienced medical students are relied upon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2020\/06\/27\/elmhurst-hospital-coronavirus.aspx\">https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2020\/06\/27\/elmhurst-hospital-coronavirus.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erin Olszewski, a nurse turned undercover reporter and whistleblower, reveals the horrific maltreatment of COVID-19 patients at Elmhurst Hospital Center, the public hospital in Queens, New York, that is \u201cthe epicenter of the epicenter\u201d of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. Olszewski addresses a number of problems at Elmhurst, including the disproportionate mortality rate among &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=28612\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nurse on the Frontlines of COVID-19 Shares Her Experience&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28614,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28612\/revisions\/28614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}