TIME NOW FOR OUR KSAT QUE AN A FOR TODAY WE ARE HOPING TO SEE SOME SIGNS
OF IMPROVEMENT OF COURSE OUR
LOCAL HOSPITAL CAPACITY
SITUATION DURING THE DAILY
BRIEFING YESTERDAY WITH THE
MAYOR IN COUNTY JUDGE THEY DID
SHED SOME LIGHT ON A SLOWDOWN
AND ACCELERATION OF INFECTION
RATES IN CASES HERE LOCALLY
LET’S TALK TO DOCTOR ROBERT A
FROLIC STYMIE OUR DOCTOR WITH
METHODIST HOSPITAL. DOCTOR
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY
ON YOUR END IN THE E R THERE
ARE YOU SEEING ANY SIGNS OF
IMPROVEMENT ARE BIG CHANGES.
>> SO WE’RE CERTAINLY
STILL SEEING WELL QUITE A FEW
PATIENTS WITH COVID COMING IN
THE
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS. I GUESS
IT WOULD LIKE TO CLAIM TO ANY
GLIMMER OF HOPE IS THAT.
AS OPPOSED TO LAST WEEK THEY
SEEM TO BE MAYBE IT IS A LITTLE
LESS ILL AND I WOULD SAY THAT’S
THE. INCREASE.
IN ADMISSIONS
IS SLOWING. OKAY SO WE’RE STILL
IN MANY MORE PATIENTS THAT WE
DID
YESTERDAY BUT THE UM THE
INCREASE IN THAT RATE IS
SLOWING DOWN AND THIS IS.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: I’M GUESSING YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT SAYS THAT
THERE’S 11% OF CAPACITY LEFT
ARE STAFFED HOSPITAL BEDS.
YOU LOOK
AT THAT AT THAT A LITTLE
DIFFERENT THAN THE AVERAGE SAN
ANTONIO, I MEAN WHAT DOES THAT
SAY TO YOU WHEN YOU SEE WE’RE
AT WE’RE 11% AWAY FROM
BASICALLY FULL CAPACITY.
>> I THINK WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS THIS LAST WEEK CAPACITY IS A MOVING TARGET ALL
THE TIME WE’RE CREATING NEW
CAPACITY ALL THE TIME
YOU KNOW I YOU KNOW I DON’T
THINK WE’RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF
SOME OF THOSE WELL WELL STACE
LOVE WE’RE WE’VE THE SYSTEM IS
VERY
GOOD AT TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE
IN WHATEVER WAY WE HAVE TO TAKE
CARE OF THEM AND SO WE’RE GOING
TO CONTINUE TO
DO THAT. WELL, BUT AGAIN I
THINK IT’S I DON’T I’M NOT SURE
WHY EVERYONE IS SO INTERESTED
IN WHAT THE ACTUAL NUMBER IS.
BECAUSE IF IT’S
IF IT’S THAT WE GET SO CLOSE TO
A NUMBER YOU’RE WORRIED YOU
OUGHT TO BE
WORRIED NOW THIS IS A BIG IT’S
IT’S
VERY SERIOUS.
>> SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE
NUMBERS THAT PEOPLE ARE
WATCHING THE HOSPITALIZATION
RATE I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT
WE HAVE SAID IS A REALLY KEY
INDICATOR. YOU KNOW MEDICAL
EXPERTS HAVE. SENT THIS SAID
THAT TO US
RATHER SO WHY WHY SHOULD PEOPLE
REALLY BE PAYING ATTENTION TO
THAT NUMBER OR IS THERE ANOTHER
ONE THAT WE REALLY OUGHT TO BE
THE MOST CONCERNED WITH.
>> YOU TALK
ABOUT THE THE PERCENTAGE
OF IN THE PERCENTAGES IN THE
DAILY BRIEFING THAT WE GET ALL
THOSE DIFFERENT STATS IS THERE
ANY NUMBER THAT WE REALLY
SHOULD BE PAYING THE MOST
ATTENTION TO AS AN INDICATOR
FOR HOW SERIOUS THE SITUATION
IS.
>> I YOU KNOW I THINK THE
NUMBER OF CASES THAT ARE IN THE
COMMUNITY IS CERTAINLY
AN INDICATOR. AND THE OTHER
THING WE LOOK AT IS THE PERCENT
OF POSITIVE TESTS MIGHT AND
LET’S CALL
IT S RIGHT NOW I THINK WE’RE
AROUND 20 OR 22% OF ALL TESTS
ARE POSITIVE. WE’D LIKE TO SEE
THAT START DROPPING DOWN.
SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE THAT
WOULD TELL US THE EVIDENCE.
HANDLE ON THINGS AND THINGS ARE
GOING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION IN THE ADMISSION
PERCENTAGE THE INCREASE IN
ADMISSIONS EVERY DAY AGAIN
THAT’S SLOWING DOWN A LITTLE
BIT AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT’S A
SIGN IT THINGS ARE GETTING A
LITTLE BIT BETTER. YEAH I THINK
LAST WEEK THE POSITIVITY RATE
THAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT WAS
SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
OF
22%.
OF 22%. >> ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION TO
ANY OF THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES
THAT SEEM TO BE SPREADING,
ESPECIALLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA,
WHETHER IT HAS TO DO WITH
MEDICAID PAY
OUT OR YOU KNOW THE ACTUAL
POSITIVITY RATE AND HOW THINGS
ARE CLARIFIED AND YOU HOW DO
YOU VIEW ALL OF THESE THINGS
AND WHAT’S THE MAIN MESSAGE
THAT YOU WANT TO GET ACROSS TO
SOMEBODY WHO MAYBE HAS HEARD
SOME OF THESE CONSPIRACY
THEORIES OUT THERE.
>> SO I THINK FRANKLY TRY NOT TO PAY ATTENTION YOU JUST VERY DISTRACTING AND FRANKLY VERY
DISCOURAGING THERE’S CERTAINLY.
YOU CAN SPIN THE NUMBERS AND STATISTICS ON HOW EVERYONE HAS TO SPEND THIS.
BUT AGAIN I THINK IT TAKES AWAY
FROM THE LATE THAT THIS IS A
SERIOUS THING. AND EVERYONE
HAS OPINIONS I HAVE MY OPINIONS
BUT THIS FRANKLY THEY’RE JUST
THAT
THEIR OPINIONS IN WHEN YOU’RE
NOT THE EXPERT AND OR THE
ELECTED OFFICIALS
MAKING DECISIONS IN YOUR EARLY
YOUR OPINIONS AS OPINIONS IN
TRUST AND RELY ON THOSE
THOSE EXPERTS. >> WE’RE SHOWING SOME VIDEO RIGHT NOW FROM A REALLY
POWERFUL CNN PIECE WHERE THEY
BECAME TO METHODIST HOSPITAL IN
SHOW WHAT’S REALLY
GOING ON. INSIDE SOME OF THE
COVID TREATMENT UNITS THERE
SOMETHING THAT THEY TALKED
ABOUT IN THAT PIECE, SOME OF
YOUR DOCTORS WERE TALKING ABOUT
OXYGEN DATING BLOOD AS AN
ALTERNATIVE TO A VENTILATOR
THAT’S THE FIRST TIME THAT I
COULD RECALL
HEARING THAT BEING AN OPTION IF
YOU WILL CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT
THAT’S ALL ABOUT.
>> SURE I’M NOT AN INTENSE
PERIOD DOCTOR BUT IT IS
EMERGENCY ROOM WITH HAVE SOME
BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THAT
FOR SURE IT’S CALLED
ECMO OR THERE WHICH IS SHORT
FOR EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE
OXYGENATION AND REALLY IT’S
IT’S A IT’S A SYSTEM WHERE
BLOOD IS TAKEN OUT OF YOUR BODY
PUT THROUGH A KNEE DEVICE THAT
OBSCENE USED A CENT AND THEN
RETURNS IT TO
YOUR BODY. SO YOU CAN KIND OF
THINK OF IT AS A DIALYSIS
MACHINE FOR YOUR LUNGS THAT IS
NOT A NEW PERFECT
ANALOGY BUT IT BYPASSES
ESSENTIALLY
YOUR LAWNS AND PROVIDES OXYGEN
TEAR ON BLOODSTREAM
DID YOUR LOANS ARE NOT ABLE TO
PROVIDE BECAUSE THERE’S SOME
SICK.
>> AND HOPEFULLY KEEPS YOU OFF
A
VENTILATOR CORRECT.
>> CORRECT YOU KNOW IT’S OFTEN
IN CONJUNCTION WITH
A VENTILATOR BECAUSE THE
VENTILATOR HAPPENED FIRST AND
IT’S JUST NOT ENOUGH SO THAT
WIND UP ON ECMO
AS WELL. BUT HERE IN SAN
ANTONIO ON OR OFF ITS IN
SECURING THE DOCTORS ARE DOING
AMAZING THINGS IN THERE
FINDING THAT SOMETIMES THE
RIGHT ANSWERS TO PUT HIM ON
ECMO BEFORE THEY NEED TO BE ON
A VENTILATOR SAYS SOME PEOPLE
ARE ON THAT LITTLE INSTEAD OF A
VENTILATOR.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: INTERESTING
DOCTOR ROBERT A
FROLIC STEIN, HE’S AN EMERGENCY
ROOM DOCTOR AT METHODIST TO BE
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US
THIS WEEK, WE’LL TALK TO YOU ON
THE NIGHTBEAT TONIGHT AT 10 AND HAVE SOME VIEWER QUESTIONS FOR YOU THEN THANK YOU DOCTOR.