@RNSuperHero As others said, Mask not required , does entire staff mask ? If not could be anyone . Good to see in replies many hcp masking still.

@RNSuperHero Unless they knew the patient had Covid, standard protocols for intubation do not require a mask. Me personally though (CRNA) I’ll grab one bc I don’t like secretions in my face.

@RNSuperHero I do it all the time.

@RNSuperHero Eww, who wants secretions from patients all over their face? Even for self protection a mask and goggles are basic.🤮

@RNSuperHero FFS 🙄

@RNSuperHero The irony is that before covid, they would’ve probably worn a mask. The antimask sentiment has permeated every part of society, even to the point where common sense doesn’t prevail.

@RNSuperHero Basic infection control. Surprised no one called them out.

@RNSuperHero Can we start suing HCPs who don’t follow common sense protocols and wind up infecting patients? Or the hospitals that allow this? I’ve worked with infection control teams and this is 100% preventable 😵‍💫🤬

@RNSuperHero Anesthesiologist here- I always masked (surgical mask) for floor intubations even before Covid. ESPECIALLY if we don’t know why a pt is in respiratory failure. Now I always wear n95. No one is going to protect me except me.

@RNSuperHero Haha and to think we were intubating under plexiglass boxes and clear sheets at the beginning of all this when we could have just been giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. /s

@RNSuperHero Barrier infection control has been in place for decades. They work. If it’s wet, it’s infectious. Wash your damn hands between patients. Not just a squirt of sanitizer. Put something between you and the wet stuff. Don’t carry it around.

@RNSuperHero If they’re doing an emergency intubation without gastric emptying there is also the risk of inducing projectile vomiting. WTF?

@RNSuperHero Wait until you hear about EMS

@RNSuperHero The last time I intubated without a mask, the patient threw up into my face. I’ve been pretty good about remembering ever since. That was 2015 I think?

@RNSuperHero I have a lot of friends who work in healthcare. They ALL WANT TO WEAR MASKS RIGHT NOW!

@RNSuperHero Who tf intubates a patient without a mask on? That’s so many shades of ew and wtf I can’t even begin to process it.

@RNSuperHero If we could sue, the pandemic would end.

@RNSuperHero And doctors still wonder why immunocompromised patients aren’t going to their appointments…

@RNSuperHero I was in the ICU early August and the respiratory therapist who removed the breathing tube wasn’t wearing a mask. I came home sick.

@RNSuperHero i swear to god we need to fire these people.