>> OUR LOCAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM DEFINITELY DEALING WITH THE STRESS AND THE STRAIN OF HIGH
COVID NUMBERS ACROSS OUR
COMMUNITY THOSE
HOSPITALIZATION NUMBERS,
ESPECIALLY KEY BECAUSE IT ALL
REFLECTS THE CAPACITY WE’RE
DEALING WITH AND THE STRAIN
THAT ARE HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS ARE UNDER RIGHT
NOW AS WELL LET’S BRING IN
DOCTOR ROBERT FROLICS TIED AN
EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN WITH
METHODIST HOSPITAL TO GET A
BETTER PICTURE OF JUST WHAT OUR
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS GOING
THROUGH RIGHT NOW DOCTOR THANKS
FOR BEING WITH US.
LET’S FIRST TALK ABOUT CAPACITY
BECAUSE WE SEE THOSE NUMBERS
EVERY DAY. THE NUMBER OF
HOSPITALIZATIONS DIPPED BELOW
1400 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
SEVERAL DAYS TODAY, THAT’S GOOD
NEWS. BUT CERTAINLY NOT A
SIGNIFICANT DECLINE. SO HOW ARE
HOSPITALS DEALING WITH THE
CAPACITY HOW ARE THEY MEETING
THE DEMAND OF COVID-19 PATIENTS
RIGHT NOW.
>> VERY
HAHA YOU KNOW I CAN’T SPEAK TO
THE OTHER SYSTEMS BUT I’M SURE
THEY’RE DOING THE SAME THING
BUT NOTHING TO SUFFER. HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM BEING VERY
CREATIVE.
WE CONTINUALLY OPEN E UNITS
MOVE TO TO
ACCOMMODATE THE DEMAND FOR
NEW ADMISSIONS ARE COMING.
WHAT IS IT LIKE IN THE
EMERGENCY ROOM
RIGHT NOW.
>> COMPARED TO THE FIRST SURGE
THAT WE SAW.
>> YOU KNOW THE NUMBERS WERE
REALLY SUGGESTED IT’S ABOUT THE
SAME. I THINK OVERALL THERE’S.
I FEEL LIKE WE’RE ACTUALLY
SEEING MORE
COVID PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY
ROOM IT AND EVEN IN HOSPITALS.
I THINK WE ARE A LITTLE BETTER
AT IT NOW AND WE’RE
ABLE TO. DISCHARGE
PATIENTS LITTLE QUICKER WERE
ABLE TO TO EVALUATE PATIENTS IN
NOT EVEN HAVE BEEN IN SOME
CASES AND THAT’S A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS THIS
SUMMER AND SO THAT IT MAKES THE
NUMBERS LOOK BETTER BUT OVERALL
I MEAN THIS IS THE WORST WE’VE
BEEN THERE
RIGHT NOW. YOU TALK ABOUT
GETTING BETTER AT IT WHICH IS I
MEAN OF COURSE THAT’S THAT’S A
GREAT THING, BUT IT’S BEEN
BROUGHT ON BY JUST THE
HIGH DEMAND.
>> THAT’S BEEN PUT ON HEALTH
CARE PROFESSIONALS HAS ANYTHING
CHANGED WHEN IT COMES TO THE
TREATMENT THAT COVID-19
PATIENTS ARE SEEING THIS TIME
AROUND IN THIS SURGE OF I’M
ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT VENTILATORS
IF THAT’S SOMETHING THAT’S
PERHAPS LESS COMMON IN
THIS SEARCH.
>> SO YOU KNOW I THINK BY AS
WELL TAKE THE BALLOT QUESTION
FIRST THE U.S.. I THINK BY
THIS SUMMER WE HAD PRETTY MUCH
LEARNED
YOU DON’T WANT TO JUMP TO PUT
PEOPLE ON VENTILATORS BEFORE
THEY ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BE ON
ON
A VENTILATOR SO THAT’S NOT A
LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS
DURING THIS OVER WHAT IS NEW
AND DIFFERENT NOW TO SEE IF
THERE
IS A MONOCLONAL
THAT HAS SO SOME MARGINAL
BENEFITING IN KEEPING PEOPLE
OUT OF THE HOSPITAL IN SO WE’VE
DEVELOPED SYSTEMS
TO TREAT PEOPLE WITH
THAT MEDICATION. SOHO TO
HOPEFULLY KEEP THEM OUT OF THE
HOSPITAL, LET’S GO TO THE NEW
TREATMENT
THIS AROUND. IT’S IT’S SO SO
MARGINAL YOU KNOW THAT ANYTHING
ANYTHING WE CAN DO THAT MAKE
THINGS BETTER WE’RE ANXIOUS TO
TRY AND THERE’S NO DOWNSIDE TO
THIS MEDICATION REALLY SO
THAT’S WHY WE HAVE TO GET
RIGHT.
>> IS THERE ANY DOUBT THAT THIS
IS PUTTING A STRAIN ON THE SAN
ANTONIO AREA’S MEDICAL.
COMMUNITY.
>> NO DOUBT IN MY
MIND IN THE ANYBODY THEY ARE
WITH AND
THAT’S LITERALLY. HUNDREDS OF
OF NURSES AND IT IS
SPENT IT’S BEEN REALLY TOUGH IT
JUST NEVER IS.
>> EVERY DAY COME IN AND YOU
SEE MORE COVID PATIENTS AND.
>> YOU KNOW I DON’T
>> IT’S JUST HARD ADMITTING
PATIENTS TO THE HOSPITAL AND
KNOWING THAT THERE’S A VERY
GOOD CHANCE SO THEY WERE TOP
THEIR FAMILY MEMBER GAME.
>> AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY DOCTOR
BERGGREN TALKING ABOUT THE
EMOTIONAL TOLL THAT HEALTH CARE
WORKERS OR TAKING AS WELL HOW
HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR STAFF
DEALING WITH THAT ASPECT ON TOP
OF JUST THE PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF
HARD WORK DAY IN AND DAY
OUT BUT THE THE EMOTIONAL TOLL
THAT’S IMPACTED YOU ALL.
>> YOU KNOW WORK PRETTY TIGHT
KNIT GROUP AND EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT IN THE ICU WITH THE
SAME AND SO.
THERE’S IS RELATIONSHIPS THAT
WE HAVE WITHIN THE THAT I THINK
ARE WHAT WE LEAN ON WE KNOW
EACH OTHER WHERE WE HAVE
YOU KNOW THE SHARED EXPERIENCE
AND SO WE KNOW WE ARE GOING
THROUGH THE SAME THINGS WHERE
WE ALL ARE STRUGGLING TOGETHER
AND SO I THINK IT’S REALLY THAT
SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT IS
HELPING US GET
THROUGH THIS.
>> DOCTOR FELIX I ALWAYS
APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON
BECAUSE YOU KIND OF GIVE US A
REAL HEAT HUMAN BEHIND THE
NUMBERS OF ANY CANDIDATE CAN
TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE SEEING
IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND THE
TOLD THAT THIS IS TAKING I ALSO
WANT TO GIVE YOU THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO PEOPLE
IN OUR COMMUNITY TONIGHT WHAT
DO YOU WANT THEM TO KNOW WHAT
DO YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT OVER
TE NEXT FEW DAYS.
>> SO A COUPLE THINGS I GUESS
FIRST OF ALL KNOW ALSO THAT
IT’S WE STILL SEE SOME
RELUCTANCE TO COME IN AND
IF YOU NEED TO COME INTO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM PLEASE DO WE
ESPECIALLY SEE THE PEDIATRIC
POPULATION ARE COLLEAGUES OF
METHODIST
THERE PATIENTS ARE JUST
NOT COME IN AND IT’S THE
STRAINS AND LACERATIONS AND
BROKEN BONES AND WE’RE NOT
SEEING ANY NORMALLY DO SO KNOW
THAT IT’S SAFE TO COME IN SO
FIRST OF ALL
KNOW THAT AND I GUESS IS THE
LAST THING IS THAT WE’RE WE’RE
NOT THROUGH THIS YET I KNOW WE
WANT TO BE DESPERATELY WANT TO
BE THROUGH THIS. BUT WE’RE NOT
IN.
IT’S AMAZING BUT OVER THE LAST
10 MONTHS THE SINGLE THING WE
FOUND TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE IN
CONTROLLING THIS IS WEARING A
MASK IN STAYING OUT OF CROWDS
AND SO IT PLEASE HELP WE’VE GOT
TO GET THROUGH THIS. AND THAT’S
THE THING THAT
HELPS LOWS. YEAH, IT’S A
COMMUNITY EFFORT IT’S REALLY
HOPEFULLY GOING TO GET US
THROUGH THIS DOCTOR ROBERT
FROLIC SIGN AS ALWAYS THANKS
FOR YOUR HELP AND THANKS FOR.
>> WHAT YOU’RE DOING NOT ONLY
TO PROVIDE INFORMATION HERE BUT
WORKING DAY IN AND DAY OUT
ON THE ABSOLUTE FRONT LINES OF
THIS PANDEMIC AND PLEASE PASS
THAT ON TO YOUR STAFF FROM US
AS
WELL ABSOLUTELY.
>> LITTLE ON NOTHING PERSONAL
BUT I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
THE DAY WHEN WE KNOW THAT
TALKING MORE.
>> AND
IF I’M TAKING YEAH, WE HOPE WE
CAN WRITE THAT ON ACCOUNT, I’M
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY
WHERE YOU AND I GO OUT AND GET
AN ADULT BEVERAGE OR SOMETHING
WE DON’T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
COVID WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE