Item
Voluntary Isolation Motel EMT
Title (Dublin Core)
Voluntary Isolation Motel EMT
Description (Dublin Core)
Several counties across Oregon have coordinated with local motels to establish voluntary isolation shelters in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19. Each location is staffed with city personnel to manage admittance and discharge, while EMTs on staff conduct routine medical monitoring to patients. My boyfriend works in one of these shelters, and sent me this picture of him in his full PPE getup before making morning rounds. The shelter's capacity varies a lot week by week, and anywhere from 1-20 COVID positive patients may be staying there at any given point. This particular motel intakes prisoners who need to do a 2 week quarantine before being released, but also serves non-incarcerated people who have tested positive.
Date (Dublin Core)
October 23, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Aidan McNaughton
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Kelly Lindemann
Type (Dublin Core)
Photograph
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Healthcare
English
Community & Community Organizations
English
Public Health & Hospitals
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Oregon
EMT
PPE
motel
shelter
quarantine
prisoner
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
quarantine
motel
EMT
medical
shelter
Oregon
prison
Collection (Dublin Core)
English
Incarceration
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
11/29/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
03/10/2021
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This item was submitted on November 29, 2020 by Kelly Lindemann using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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