>>
>> I
>> I CAN
>> I CAN HEAR TWO. 4@ I HOPE THAT THE LAST MOMENTS OF YOUR LIFE DON'T LOOK LIKE4@
THIS BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT
YOU'LL SEE AT THE END OF YOUR
LIFE IF WE DON'T START WEARING
MASKS WHEN WE'RE OUT IN PUBLIC
,WHEN WE DON'T PRACTICE SOCIAL
DISTANCING, WHEN WE DON'T WASH4@
OUR HANDS FREQUENTLY OF RAMP
WARNING FROM A ST.4@ LOUIS DOCT@
ON THE FRONT LINES THIS
PANDEMIC.
>> DR. KENT REMY CREATED THIS4@
VIDEO AFTER YOU DECIDED HE HAD
HAD CALLED ENOUGH FAMILY
MEMBERS TO TELL THEM THAT TH4@E@
LOVED ONE HAD DIED OF COIVD 19.
THE VIDEO FROM THE POINT
OF VIEW OF A PATIENT BEING
PLACED ON A VENTILATOR.4@
DR. REMY JOINS US LIVE THIS
MORNING.
DOCTOR, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.4@
>> THANK YOU FOR H4@AVING ME.
>> I WANT TO BEGIN WITH THIS
QUESTION.
A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE SORT
OF SUGARCOAT THINGS TO GET
THEIR POINT ACROSS.
YOU DON'T DO THAT THIS TIME.
YOU'RE VERY BLUNT.
WHY SO BLUNT IN TELLING FOLKS4@
ABOUT THIS WARNING?
>> THIS IS DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE I'VE BEEN4@
AROUND THE WORLD DURING EBOLA
AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT4@
DISASTERS HAVE BEEN PART
OF THIS PANDEMIC SINCE MARCH.4@
WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION
RIGHT NOW AND I CAN'T EXPLAIN
THAT TO PEOPLE THAT CAN'T SEE
WHAT MYSELF AND OTHER HEALTH4@
PROFESSIONALS ARE SEEING ON THE
FRONTLINES RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN ON TH4@E WEEKEND AFTER4@@
CALLING THAT THIRD FAMILY THAT
LOVED ONE DIED.
OUR MORGUE WAS FULL. 4@
I DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN AND
QUITE FRANKLY I'M USUALLY NOT
IN A POSITION WHERE I WANT TO
MAKE A VIDEO TO JUST
DEMONSTRATE TO FOLKS HOW DIRE
THE SITUATION FRANKLY LOOKS. 4@
AND YOU KNOW, I LOVE SAVING
LIVES.4@
I LOVE TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE
AND I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER WAY TO
SAVE YOUR LIFE IF YOU BECOME
HOSPITALIZED OUTSIDE OF JUST
SUPPORTIVE CARE THEN FRANKLY4@
HOPING THAT YOU NEVER LAND IN A
HOSPITAL AND NOT RECEIVING THE
DISEASE IN THE FIRST PLACE.4@
AND SO THE ONLY I CAN PROTECT
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AT THIS4@
MOMENT IN TIME IS FRANKLY
PREVENTING YOU FROM FROM
GETTING THE DISEASE AND4@
HOPEFULLY NOT TRANSMITTING IT
TO YOUR LOVED ONES.
>> YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THAT
VIDEO.
WE SEE YOU STANDING OVER THE
PATIENT.
WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY WATCHING
YOU DO IN FULL DISCLOSURE?4@
THERE'S NOT A PATIENT THERE I
WOULDN'T WANT TO SUBJECTIVE
PATIENT TO TO A VIDEO FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
BUT WHAT I'M DOING IS
SIMULATING WHAT IT WOULD BE
LIKE TO FRANKLY BREATHE4@
EXCEEDINGLY FAST TO HAVE OXYGEN
LEVELS GO EXCEEDINGLY LOW, TO4@
FEEL YOURSELF STRUGGLING TO
BREATHE.
CATCH YOUR BREATH AND THEN THE4@
LAST MOMENTS THAT A LOT
OF FOLKS UNFORTUNATELY YOU'RE
SEEING AT THE END OF THEIR4@
LIVES ARE YOU KNOW,
ADMINISTERING SO4@ME MEDICINES O
MAKE YOU SLEEPY AND ME PUTTING
A BREATHING TUBE IN YOU.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY HOW IT LOOKS
AS YOU'RE LAYING VULNERABLE IN
A SUPINE POSITION IN A BED AS I@
CO4@ME AT YOU WITH
AN ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE AND PUT A
LARYNGOSCOPE INTO YOUR YOUR
MOUTH.4@
THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I
CERTAINLY WANT ANYONE IN THEIR4@
LIFE PREMATURELY ESPECIALLY TO
HAVE TO ENDURE.
BUT THAT'S THE SITUATION AND
THAT'S A REALITY AND THIS IS4@
NOT ANYTHING THAT'S FICTITIOUS
OR FACT NOT FACT BASED.4@
MYSELF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
UNFORTUNATELY BEEN INVOLVED IN
THIS MORE OVER THE PAST TWO
WEEKS THAN WE'VE BEEN DOING4@
OVER THE PAST SAY EIGHT MONTHS
IN MASS AT THIS POINT.4@
AND SO I WANTED TO DEMONSTRATE
AT LEAST THROUGH THIS
SIMULATION EXACTLY WHAT IT
MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AND SO IF WE COULD REDUCE THE
ABILITY TO HAVE YOU IN THAT BED
BY NOT RECEIVING OR GETTING4@
COVD 19 DISEASE BY ALL MEANS
AND THE VIDEO WAS ALL WORTH IT4@
HOW MUCH EMOTIONAL WEIGHT IS ON
YOUR SHOULDERS AND THE
SHOULDERS OF YOUR STAFF?
>> BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE LEAVE
HOME.
AND A LOT OF THEM NEVER GET TO
GO BACK HOME AGAIN.4@
BUT DURING THAT TIME AWAY THEY
DON'T GET TO SEE THEIR LOVED
ONES FACE TO FACE TOUCH THEIR
LOVED ONES OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT.
>> NO ABSOLUTE.
SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS
PANDEMIC I WROTE A PIECE IN THE@
LOCAL NEWSPAPER 4@ABOUT HOW COIV
DISEASE ROBBED US OF OUR HUMAN
INTERACTION AND THE LONELINESS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISEASE
FRANKLY WAS WAS JUST
DEVASTATING BOTH FOR FAMILY
MEMBERS AND FOR HEALTHCARE
PROFESSIONALS. 4@
I WILL TELL YOU THAT SEEING
PEOPLE ENTER THE HOSPITAL AND
FRANKLY A LOT OF PEOPLE ENTER4@
THE HOSPITAL AND ARE DOING
REASONABLY WELL AND THEN T4@HEY@
TURN SORT OF FOR THE WORSE AND
THEN GO DOWNHILL.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT THEN
THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE JUST
WAITING FOR PHONE CALLS AT4@
DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY JUST
FOR UPDATES.
AND CERTAINLY AFTER YOU KNOW,4@
IN THE EVENING HOURS WHEN WE
GIVE A PHONE CALL, EVERY FAMIL4Y
MEMBER KNOWS THAT THERE'S
SOMETHING WRONG BECAUSE WE
USUALLY DON'T CALL YOU AROUND
MIDNIGHT OR 1:00 IN THE MORNING@
TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR LOVED ONE
IS DOING WELL.
AND SO I HAVE TO SAY THAT IT'S
QUITE DEFEATING AND OU4@R STAFF,
OUR NURSES, RESPIRATORY
THERAPISTS OR OTHER PERSONNEL
ARE JUST EXHAUSTED AT THIS
POINT.4@
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT4@
WE'RE EXHAUSTED FROM TRYING TO
MAINTAIN SOME MONICKER
OF DIGNITY FOR THOSE THAT DO
ENDURE THIS BAD DISEASE AND ARE
AT THE END OF THEIR LIVES.
WE KNOW WE'RE EXHAUSTED BUT
WE'RE STILL GONNA MOVE FORWARD4@
AND HELP THOSE AS WE CAN SO
THAT PEOPLE DON'T SUFFER ALONE.
AT LEAST THEY HAVE SOMEONE
THERE AS THEY REACH THE END
OF THEIR LIFE FROM T4@HIS4@
HORRIBLE DISEASE.
BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A GOOD
FEELING.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN YOU4@
CALL LAST WEEK 11 DIFFERENT
FAMILIES TO TELL THEM OVER THE
PHONE THAT THEIR LOVED ONE HAS
DIED.
IT IS CERTAINLY NOT THE4@
GREATEST OF TELEPHONE CALLS
THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE AT THAT
POINT.4@
AND DR. OFTENEST WITH THIS ONE
,A LOT OF FOLKS ARE GOING TO
WANT TO GATHER ON THURSDAY FOR
THANKSGIVING.
>> WHAT IS YOUR WARNING TO
FAMILIES OUT THERE AS FAR AS
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER?
I WOULD SAY A FEW THINGS.
THIS PANDEMIC I THINK ROBBED US
OF HUMAN INTERACTION.
PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING.
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR4@
COMMUNITY IS BIGGER THAN JUST4@
OURSELVES WEARING A MASK.
HAVING SOCIAL DISTANCING. 4@
KEEPING HER GROUPS SMALL.
MAINTAINING OUR HANDS AS CLEAN
AS POSSIBLE FREQUENTLY ARE
IMPORTANT TENANTS.4@
I THINK TO REDUCE DISEASE
TRANSM4@ISSION BUT THEN SEPARAT@
FROM DISEASE OUR COMMUNITIES
ARE SUFFERING.
WE'VE GOT TO LOOK FOR OUR
NEIGHBORS.
WE'VE GOT TO LOOK FOR OUR
STRUGGLING BUSINESSES AND JUST
FIND WAYS TO HELP ONE ANOTHER4@
THROUGH THIS.
AND THE IMPACT IS NOT JUST
LOCAL.
KNOW SO I TRAVEL TO SOUTH
AMERICA AND AFRICA FREQUENTLY4@
AND I'VE BEEN UNABLE TO TRAVEL
WITH THE GROUPS THAT I DO THAT
TO HELP CHILDREN WITH4@
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE.
AND SO FRANKLY OVER THIS
PANDEMIC SEPARATE FROM COVD
MANY KIDS HAVE DIED BECAUSE
THEY'VE NOT RECEIVED LIFESAVING
SURGICAL PROCEDURES.
AND SO IF THERE'S NOTHING MORE4@
I CAN SAY IS WE'RE BIGGER THAN
JUST OURSELVES. 4@
WE HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO COME
TOGETHER.
WE HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO
UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ONE
COMMUNITY AND IF IT MEANS
WEARING A PIECE OF CLOTH ON HER
FACE AND DISTANCING HERSELF
FROM OUR NEIGHBORS, THAT
DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T CARE
ABOUT ONE ANOTHER. 4@
IT JUST MEANS THAT WE TRULY
CARE ABOUT ONE ANOTHER AND WE4@
NEED TO GET PAST THIS PANDEMIC
SO WE CAN GO BACK TO THE LIVES
THAT WE USUALLY HAD PRIOR TO4@
ALL THIS POWERFUL