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>> WELCOME BACK HERE, EVERYONE. YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR HEALTH CARE
WORKERS ARE DEALING WITH FROM
OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL SITE.
SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO TAKE YOU
INSIDE, GET A PERSPECTIVE FROM
THOSE HARDWORKING PEOPLE WHO
ARE NURSE AND TRY TO LIVE AS
SECRETARY COHEN IS JOINING THIS
MORNING IN TREAT TREATS COVERED
PATIENTS.
YOU'RE ALSO TAKING AS HARD TURN
OUT VACCINE TRIAL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU
DO AND FOR BEING ON OUR SHOW.
OF COURSE.
HAPPY TO BE HERE.
YOU KNOW, LET'S GET RIGHT INTO
IT SO OUR VIEWERS CAN
UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU'RE DEALING
WITH YOU'RE IN THE E.R..
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING THESE DAYS?
THESE THINGS A LOT.
I HAVE BEEN AT CHURCH FOR
ALMOST FOUR YEARS NOW.
SO I'VE BEEN THROUGH, YOU KNOW,
THE FLU THE FLU YEAR TWENTY
SEVENTEEN.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE YEAR SINCE
THE START OF COVERED.
AND KIND OF SEEING HOW IT'S
PROGRESSED WITH THESE NINE
MONTHS I CAN PRETTY MUCH SAY
RIGHT NOW THIS PAST PROBABLY
TWO, THREE WEEKS HAS BEEN ONE
OF THE WORST WE'VE SEEN IN
REGARDS TO COMBAT NOT ONLY WITH
NUMBERS BUT JUST THE SEVERITY
OF THE PATIENTS THAT ARE COMING
IN.
WE HAVE EXPANDED SIGNIFICANTLY
HERE AT LEAST TRYING TO REVIEW
ALL OF THE HOSPITALS IN THE
INPATIENT SETTING.
SO WE DID OPEN OUR NEW TALENT.
WE CAN GO TO JANUARY WHICH WAS
REALLY HELPFUL.
WE'VE EXPANDED USE FROM TWO
UNITS TO FOUR.
AND WE HAD EXPANDED CODED UNITS
FROM ONE UNIT TO THREE WE IN
THE E.R..
I THINK WE HAD FIVE OR SIX
NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOMS THAT WE
WERE ABLE TO DO TO AEROSOLIZING
PROCEDURES.
WHAT INTERVENING OR PUTTING
PATIENTS ON MACHINES TO HELP
THEM BREATHING?
JUST BECAUSE THAT CAN SPREAD A
LOT OF COLD PARTICLES.
WE DON'T DO THAT IN OUR NORMAL
DAYS.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAD A BIT OF
LAST FEW WEEKS.
ENGINEERING IS HELPING OUR A
LOT TO CONVERT.
I BELIEVE FIVE OR SIX MORE
ROOMS SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY
ACCOMMODATE THE OVERFLOW
COVERED PATIENTS THAT WE'RE
SEEING THAT REQUIRE SOME TYPE
OF MACHINE.
SORRY YOU POSTED ON YOUR
INSTAGRAM THAT WE YA FEEL
SIMILAR TO THE WAY IT WAS AT
THE START OF THIS HAD.
I MEAN WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT
THE NUMBERS, THE CASES, THE
PEOPLE COMING IN THE ICU.
BUT IT WAS ON THE STAFF.
I MEAN FOR NINE MONTHS YOU
FRONTLINE WORKERS HAVE BEEN
GIVING IT YOUR ALL AND THERE'S
ONLY SO MANY MEDICAL STAFF TO
DEAL WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE
COMING IN.
I MEAN HOW ARE YOU FEELING AS A
FRONTLINE WORKER?
YEAH, I THINK AT THE START OF
THE PANDEMIC IT WAS YOU KNEW IT
KIND OF AS MANY PEOPLE USE THE
WORD UNPRECEDENTED.
AND INITIALLY SHE WAS GETTING A
LOT OF.
SO A LOT OF SAFE MASKS, SAFE
GOWNS, GLOVES, THINGS LIKE
THAT.
AND WE'VE DONE REALLY WELL ON
THAT AND REALLY OUR HOSPITALS
REALLY ADVOCATED FOR US.
NURSES ARE WEARING STOCK TO
PROTECT IT.
BUT NOW THE ISSUE IS STOPPING
AND EVERY DAY WE GOT TEXTS
STOPPING, YOU KNOW, SAYING HEY,
CAN YOU PICK UP CAN YOU PICK
UP?
WE ARE SO SHORT.
PLEASE HELP.
AND AND OUR HOSPITAL FINALLY
STARTED OFFERING DOUBLE TIME
NURSES TO COME IN AND THERE ARE
DAYS WHERE IT'S STILL NOT
ENOUGH.
AND WE ARE HAVING TO UP OUR
RATIOS.
PATIENTS WERE TAKING CARE OF
SAFELY WITHIN OUR CALIFORNIA
MANDATED RATIOS.
BUT WE'RE HAVING TO TAKE CARE
OF THESE REALLY SICK PATIENTS
SOMETIMES FOUR TO ONE JUST WITH
MULTIMODE MACHINES AND HAVING
TO GET IN FULL PPE, GET OUT OF
THE ROOM AND THEN MOVE OVER TO
THE NEXT ROOM AND DO THE SAME.
AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
IT CAN BE REALLY TAXING.
SO IT DEFINITELY EBBS AND FLOWS
TO BURN OUT VERSUS THE KIND OF
JUST PICKING UP THE PACE AND
GETTING A BOLT OF ENERGY OR
WANTING TO HELP WANTING TO
REALLY FIGHT THROUGH THIS.
BUT YES, IT'S A LOT AND I THINK
EVERYONE HAS EXPERIENCED IT AT
DIFFERENT TIMES WHICH ALLOWS US
TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY IT'S TIGHT
THE STAFFING IS VERY TIGHT
RIGHT NOW THAT YOU AND YOUR
COWORKERS ARE INCREDIBLE FOR
WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO AND
YOU'RE WITH THESE PATIENTS IS
HEARING FROM THEM ON WHAT
HAPPENED, HOW THEY GOT COVERED
AND IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN TO A
STORY WHY ARE PEOPLE IN THERE
RIGHT NOW?
I MEAN WHAT ARE SOME OF THESE
CASES THAT WHERE ARE THEY
GETTING THIS FROM?
I MEAN WE KNOW THE NUMBERS ARE
HIGH.
IT'S BEEN OVER TWO THOUSAND IN
SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
THE THREE, FOUR DAYS.
WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON?
WHY IS THIS SURGE HAPPENING?
SCARED RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW AS I'M SURE A LOT OF
PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND, WE ARE
SEEING A LOT OF THE EFFECTS
FROM THANKSGIVING AND I
UNDERSTAND WANT TO BE IN YOUR
FAMILY AND BE YOU KNOW, GATHER
AND TRY TO DO SO SAFELY.
BUT ONE THING THAT ESPECIALLY
IF THEY WERE SEEING AND JUST
KIND OF EXPERIENCE THING IS A
LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE
ABILITY TO QUARANTINE AWAY FROM
THEIR FAMILY IF THEY GET SICK.
A LOT OF THESE FAMILIES LIVE IN
MULTIGENERATIONAL HOMES AND
DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HAVE
THEIR OWN ROOM AND HAVE THEIR
OWN BATHROOM TO KEEP CLEANING
STAY AWAY.
SO WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF OUT
WHERE IT'S KIND OF RUNNING
RAMPANT FOR FAMILIES WHERE
PEOPLE ARE BRINGING THEIR WHOLE
FAMILY IN AND WE'RE SEEING A
FAMILY OF 10 COME IN TO GET
HELP AND ONE OF THEM ENDS UP
REALLY, REALLY SICK AND EVEN
ONE OUT OF 10 IS A LOT.
I THINK ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH
BAY POPULATION THAT IS
PRIMARILY HISPANIC AND
ESPECIALLY SHARPSHOOTER, THEY
START TO THEY'RE SURE DID COME
UP WITH THIS STATISTIC GUYS,
HISPANICS ARE FOUR TIMES MORE
LIKELY TO END UP HOSPITALIZED
COLBERT AND WE ARE SEEING THAT
THEY CAN'T JUST SAY THAT, YOU
KNOW, DISCRIMINATE IN ANY WAY.
BUT I THINK THAT THERE ARE
CERTAIN CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
NOT WANTING TO GO TO THE DOCTOR
AND TELL IT'S REALLY, REALLY,
REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THEN THE MULTIGENERATIONAL
HOMES LACK OF ACCESS TO CARE IF
THEY LIVE FARTHER AWAY FROM THE
HOSPITAL.
WE ARE JUST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
THAT'S HAD TO EXPAND TO
ACCOMMODATE THIS POPULATION.
AND I LOVE SERVING THAT
POPULATION.
BUT IT IS REALLY TOUGH TO SEE
THE DISPARITIES THAT A LOT OF
OUR HOSPITAL IS EXPERIENCING.
TORY, WE WANT REAL QUICK JUST
TO TOUCH ON THE BORDER IN A
VACCINE TRIAL THAT YOU'RE YEAH
.
SO VOLUNTEER ENROLLED IN THIS
VACCINE TRIAL.
I PERSONALLY STARTED IN AUGUST
AND RECEIVED A DAY ONE AND A
DAY TWENTY NINE INJECTION.
THERE'S 50 PERCENT CHANCE THAT
I GOT THE PLACEBO AND 50
PERCENT CHANCE THAT I DID
RECEIVE THE MATERNE VACCINE.
I DID GET SYMPTOMS AFTER MY
SECOND INJECTION AND JUST
BASICALLY WHAT I WOULD DESCRIBE
AS A MINI COALBED FOR ABOUT 12
HOURS MY BODY BUILDING
IMMUNITY.
SO I LIKE TO SAFELY ASSUME I
PROBABLY DID RECEIVE THE
INJECTION EVEN THOUGH I WON'T
BE ABLE TO KNOW MYSELF UNTIL
THE STUDY'S OVER.
IF I DID AGAIN TO BAD.
WELL, I MEAN WE COULD KNOCK THE
FIRST FOREVER.
YEAH.
I MEAN VERY WELL.
IT'S JUST AMAZING WHAT YOU'RE
ABLE TO DO.
YOU'RE GOING TO LITERALLY BE
PUTTING YOUR LIFE OUT THERE.
SO TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF
AND YOUR WORKERS.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING.