>> WELCOME BACK WE’RE TRYING TO COMBAT FEAR
COMBAT FEAR WITH FACTS THAT’S THE GOAL OF
THIS NEW SECTION OF KSAT NEWS
AT 9 DEDICATED TO TALKING TO
EXPERTS ABOUT THINGS YOU NEED
TO KNOW
TO KNOW ABOUT TONIGHT. WE’RE SPEAKING
WITH DOCTOR ROBERT A FROLIC
STEIN AN EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR
WORKING RIGHT HERE IN SAN
ANTONIO ACTUALLY
ANTONIO ACTUALLY JOINS US FROM METHODIST
HOSPITAL DOCTOR. THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US TONIGHT.
TALK ABOUT WHAT THE
E R
E R IS LIKE. SINCE THIS CRISIS HAVE
THINGS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.
>> IT.
>> IT. >> IN THE YEAR WHERE YOU WORK.
>> I WOULD I WOULD SAY THE VOLUME OF PATIENTS AS HAS
DROPPED A LITTLE I GUESS THAT’S
THE SOCIAL DISTANCING THE THINK
IT CAN
IT CAN IN A WE’RE GLAD OF THAT BECAUSE
IT’S THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS HAS
BEEN
BEEN TO JUST SEALED WITH LOTS AND
LOTS OF PREPARATIONS AND IT’S
REAL. ANCHOR PETER
BUSH TO TO THE OCEANS AND THE
TEAM AT THE HOSPITALS PULL IT
TOGETHER AND IN PREPARING FOR.
WELL WE’RE ABOUT TO FACE YEAH
AND I DON’T WANT TO GO ANY
FARTHER WITHOUT THANKING YOU
AND YOUR STAFF AND ALL THE
HEALTH CARE WORKERS OUT THERE.
>> FOR ALL THAT YOU’RE DOING
ALL THAT YOU WILL BE DOING OVER
THE COMING THANK YOU.
SHOULD
SHOULD I FIRST VIEWER QUESTION TONIGHT
IS SHOULD I GO TO THE E R IF I
THINK I HAVE THE CORONAVIRUS.
>> WELL
>> WELL THAT ANY TIME YOU
THINK YOU’RE CRITICALLY ILL AND
YOU’RE REALLY STRUGGLING TO
BREATHE OR OR OR ANYTHING WHERE
YOU’RE CRITICALLY ILL
CERTAINLY CALL 911 OR COME INTO
THE
THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IF YOU’RE
DOING OK JUST FEEL SICK AND
YOU’RE A LITTLE WORRIED YOU
MIGHT HAVE THE VIRUS. LOOK
FOR ASKING. AND THIS IS A
UNIQUE THING, BUT WE ARE ASKING
PEOPLE TO CALL
THEIR DOCTOR OR WE’VE ACTUALLY
OUR GROUP IS THE STATUS TO TELL
MEDICINE PROGRAM WE IN TURN TO
ONE OF THE EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT WHETHER
YOU REALLY NEED TO COME TO THE
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. >> DO YOU HAVE THE TESTS THERE
ARE DO YOU HAVE THE CAPABILITY
IN THE E R TO DO THE COVID 19
TESTS.
TESTS. >> SO YOU DO HAVE
SOME TASTE TESTING CAPABILITY
AS YOU KNOW TESTING HAS BEEN
SEVERELY LIMIT ACROSS THE
ACROSS THE NATION IT’S
ENCOURAGING TO KNOW SAN
ANTONIO, METRO HEALTH
DEPARTMENT HAS SOME
CURRENTLY ARE TESTING
CAPABILITY IS REALLY
LIMITED TO IN PATIENTS PATIENTS
THAT NEED TO BE ADMITTED TO THE
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. >> IT’S SO GOOD
IS THAT FRUSTRATING TO YOU AS A
DOCTOR THAT YOU CAN’T GIVE
AS MANY TESTS AS YOU WOULD LIKE
TO GIVE
TO GIVE I’M GUESSING.
I’M GUESSING. >> YES, UH I
I WOULD LOVE TO TEST LOTS AND
LOTS OF PEOPLE IN OTHER
A GREAT CAPACITY TO TEST PEOPLE
IN IT REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE
AND HELP FLATTEN
THE CURVE IF YOU FIND THAT ONCE
A PERSON KNOWS THEY HAVE
THE LIST. THEY ARE MUCH MORE
LIKELY TO DO THE QUARANTINING
SOCIAL-DISTANCING THINGS THAT
ARE NEEDED.
ARE NEEDED. >> IF YOU ARE WHEN YOU. NO YOU
HAVE A PATIENT. THAT HAS A
FEVER.
FEVER. DO YOU CHANGE THE I MEAN ARE
YOU PUTTING ON GLOVES ARE YOU
PUTTING ON A FACE MASK, A
MINUTE FOR YOU PHYSICALLY WHAT
ARE YOU DOING TO PROTECT
YOURSELF AND THE PEOPLE YOU
WORK WITH.
WORK WITH. >> YEAH THE PROCESS IS A
METHODIST OUR THAT THE PATIENTS
ARE.
ARE. SCREEN A EARLY ON ANY THAT HAVE
BEEN THE RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS.
FEVER,
FEVER, WE USED TO ASK ABOUT TRAVEL
THAT’S BECOMING MORE
IRRELEVANT. THEY ARE CONSIDER
TO BE UP.
TO BE UP. POTENTIALLY A PERSON UNDER
INVESTIGATION FOR COVID AND
YES, OUR.
YES, OUR. APPROACHED THEM AS DIFFERENTLY
WEAR A MASK AND GOWNS AND
GLOVES TO PROTECT. PROTECT
OURSELVES POTENTIALLY SOME
BECOMING ILL.
BECOMING ILL. >> HAVE YOU EVER DONE ANYTHING
LIKE THIS BEFORE IF YOU’VE EVER
HAD A SITUATION WHERE YOU’VE
HAD TO APPROACH IT. WITH THIS
MUCH CAUTION, I GUESS I WOULD
SAY.
SAY. >> I THINK THOSE 2009 WHEN H
ONE
ONE N ONE. WAS WE CERTAINLY HAD
SOME OF
SOME OF IT DOESN’T AS IT DID I DON’T
RECALL IT FEELING THE SAME AS
THIS. THIS DOES RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH, OKAY WITH THAT LET’S
GET TO OUR NEXT VIEWER
QUESTION. THIS PERSON SAYS
THEY’RE A DENTAL HYGIENIST
THEIR OFFICE IS NOT CLOSING ARE
THEY PUTTING THEMSELVES IN THE
GENERAL PUBLIC AT INCREASED
RISK BY CONTINUING TO TREAT
PATIENTS.
>> THE OFFICES DON’T LOSSES POSITION OFFICES THAT I’M AWARE
OF THAT ARE STAYING.
CAN ARE DOING A GOOD
JOB OF SCREENING BEFORE THE
PATIENTS COME INTO THE OFFICE
AND
AND AS WE KNOW THE VIRUS RIGHT
NOW IF YOU’RE NOT HAD SYMPTOMS
THAT THAT’S PROBABLY A SAFE
THING TO DO AND I’M SURE
THEY’RE TAKING THE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS.
PRECAUTIONS. >> HOW CAN THE NEXT QUESTION IS
HOW CAN I
HOW CAN I GET TESTED FOR COVID 19 I MEAN
YOU CAN’T JUST GO OUT AND GET A
COVID 19 TEST.
>> THAT IS
THERE IS AGAIN LIMITED TESTING
A BILL THAT HE THREW THAT SENT
SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN HEALTH
DISTRICT. AND THERE ARE SOME
PRIVATE LABS THAT I’M FOR
TESTING. BUT AGAIN IT’S FOR
VERY SPECIFIC PATIENTS THAT ARE
SYMPTOMATIC TO.
SYMPTOMATIC TO. FLULIKE ILLNESS AND YOUR
BEST BET TO DO TO OBTAIN THAT
IS TOO SEE YOUR
PERSONAL PHYSICIAN, OR IF YOU
DON’T HAVE ONE WE DO HAVE THE
ABILITY TO SEE A VIDEO TELL
MEDICINE
MEDICINE AND ITS NECESSARY AND IT’S IT
MAKES SENSE WE
CAN ORDER OR AT REFER YOU TO
SEND IT ON TO THE METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT 2 TO GET THE AD
FOR TESTING.
FOR TESTING. >> WHEN YOU SAY WHEN YOU SAY
THAT MAKES SENSE AND ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR
THAT YOU’RE GOING TO SAY OK
THIS PERSON NEEDS TO BE
TESTED OR. YEAH, I DON’T I JUST
DON’T HAVE THE FEELING THAT YOU
KNOW LIKE MAYBE IT’S ALLERGIES
OR OR
OR OR SOMETHING ELSE.
SOMETHING ELSE. >> WELL IT’S A VERY GOOD POINT
BECAUSE THIS IS YOU KNOW THIS
IS CALLED THE FLU SEASON
AND WE’RE IN THE MIDST OF SOME
FLU AND A LOT OF COLDS
AND IS COVID IS JUST LIKE ANY
OTHER VIRAL ILLNESS AND SO IT’S
VERY HARD TO DISTINGUISH THAT
ON A CLINICAL BASIS.
THE REAL NEED TO TEST AGAIN IS
FROM A PUBLIC
HEALTH PERSPECTIVE. AND SO IT
IS MANY IS IT IS BEEN PEOPLE WE
CAN TEST THE BETTER OFF WE ARE
BEGIN CURRENTLY BECAUSE
OF THE RESTRICTIONS THERE IS
PRETTY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS
OF WHO GETS TESTED.
IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT IF
YOU SHARE A POLL WITH SOMEONE
WHO HAS SO CHRONIC ILLNESSES IT
IT WOULD BE VERY GOOD TO KNOW
IF YOU HAD. THAT THE CODE
THAT BARS.
THAT BARS. >> I TALKED TO A DOCTOR TODAY
WHO
WHO TOLD ME THAT YOU KNOW IT
BASICALLY COMES DOWN TO HIS
CLINICAL JUDGMENT WHETHER OR
NOT YOU KNOW HE THINK SOMEBODY
SHOULD BE TESTED OR NOT.
BUT HE ALSO EXPRESSED SOME
FRUSTRATION IN SOME OF THE
PRIVATE LABORATORIES OUT THERE
THAT ARE DOING
THE TESTING THAT IS TAKING A
LONG TIME TO GET THOSE TESTS
BACK HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED ANY
OF THAT.
OF THAT. >> YES I
>> YES I THINK THAT TURN AROUND TOWN
IT’S PRETTY VERY BILLS THAT
SOME OF THE PRIVATE LANCERS 2,
3, 4, 5 DAYS SOMETIMES
AND IT’S JUST SIMPLY ABOUT I
THINK I THINK THEY’RE
GETTING INUNDATED. IT TAKES.
I DON’T KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES
TO ACTUALLY RUN THE TEST IT.
IT’S JUST WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY
TESTS THAT YOU CREATE
A BACKLOG.
A BACKLOG. >> WHAT’S YOUR FINAL I’LL GIVE
YOU THE LAST WORD HERE WHAT HE
WHAT WOULD
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE AVERAGE SAN
AVERAGE PERSON IN BEXAR COUNTY
SOUTH TEXAS OUT THERE. THAT IS
CONCERN RIGHT NOW ABOUT COVERT
19.
19. >> TAKE SOCIAL-DISTANCING
THING SERIOUSLY AND IT’S VERY
INCONVENIENT TO ME
IN YOUR HOME IN THE RESTAURANTS
ARE NOT KNOW THAT ALL THAT IS
WHAT WILL SAVE LIVES. THAT IS
WHAT WILL A
SLATON THE CURVE AS THEY SAY IN
THAT USES
THAT USES MEANS THAT IF WE HAVE SO MANY
CASES AT ONE TIME IT WILL
OVERWHELM THE CAPABILITIES OF
THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TO TAKE
CARE OF THOSE PEOPLE AND OTHER
PEOPLE THE WILL BECOME ILL WITH
THE REGULAR THINGS WE SEE EVERY
DAY IF YOU HAVE A
HEART ATTACK OR APPENDICITIS IN
THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS
OVERLOADED. THAT’S GOING TO
HAVE AN IMPACT ON YOUR CARE
FOR THOSE OTHER ILLNESSES AS
WELL SO TAKE THE SOCIAL
DISTANCE DISTANCING FEARS
SERIOUSLY. IT’S REALLY YOUR
CHANCE TO HELP SAVE LIVES.
>> VERY WELL SAID DOCTOR ROBERT
A FROLIC STEIN THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR JOINING US HAVE A
GREAT WEEKEND AND I KNOW YOU’RE
JUST STARTING YOUR SHIFT SO I