“We really just set out to ask the question, "how much of the concussions of girls lacrosse could be directly attributed to the fact that they are prohibited from wearing the hard shell helmet with the full facemask that’s required in boys lacrosse?" said [Colorado School of Public Health professor Dawn] Comstock.
Laura Rosenthal's message to Coloradans was clear: Please follow the safer-at-home guidelines as frontline workers continue to battle the virus. "COVID-19 is unlike anything I've seen in 20 years as an experienced nurse," said Rosenthal, a registered nurse at University of Colorado Hospital and a professor at the college's nursing school.
Oriana Cruz is a graduate from the College of Nursing at the University of Colorado. She is filling in at a hard-hit hospital in New York to try to help contain the novel coronavirus. “I actually am in the medical intensive care unit. By the time they get to the floor than I am on, they have already been through the emergency department and the people that I’m taking care of are really, really, really sick,” Cruz said.
Elizabeth Carlton, an assistant professor at the Colorado School of Public Health and a researcher on the state’s modeling team, agreed that data suggests “things may be slowing down” and that public health officials were waiting to see whether those trends hold in coming days. She said there is strong evidence social distancing measures are having a positive effect.
"These are decisions we hope to never have to make, but it would be irresponsible given what has happened in the rest of the world including Seattle, in New York and New Orleans, and other places around the U.S., to assume that we are never going to see that kind of a situation here," said Dr. Matthew Wynia, the Director of Bioethics at the University of Colorado.
Scott Ferguson was a lively and energetic father of one. After a battle with cancer and extended hospital stays, he developed a relationship with the nurses who were taking care of him. He passed away in April, and a nurses scholarship fund was started in his name at the CU College of Nursing. He received chemotherapy treatment for his Stage IV melanoma, and care for other issues as well.
"If we know that isolation and stress is overwhelming, then we need to rethink – what are the causes of that?" said Dr. Steven Berkowitz, professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
In Colorado, companies can assess their health and safety programs easily through the Colorado School of Public Health’s health links program. It offers low-cost options for organizations to assess their programs, work with an advisor, and become recognized as healthy workplaces. More companies are realizing that these programs can benefit their bottom line.
