CORONAVIRUS QNA SINCE THIS CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK BEGAN WE’VE BEEN
WORKING TO KEEP YOU INFORMED ON
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE FEDERAL
STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL TRYING TO
SEPARATE FACT. >> FROM THE FEAR ABSOLUTELY AND THAT MEANS GOING TO OFFICIALS
AND CITY LEADERS FOR ANSWERS TO
OUR QUESTIONS AND YOURS
AS WELL, BUT DURING THIS TIME.
WE’RE ALSO TALKING TO THE
EXPERTS LIVE ASKING
THEM DIRECTLY.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: ABOUT THE
CORONAVIRUS AND TODAY WE’RE
SPEAKING WITH DOCTOR ROBERT A
FROLIC STEIN AN EMERGENCY ROOM
DOCTOR WORKING RIGHT HERE IN
SAN ANTONIO AT
METHODIST HOSPITAL. DOCTOR
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FIRST
OF ALL AND SECONDLY WHAT
CHANGES HAVE REALLY WHAT
CHANGES HAVE YOU SEEN IN THE E
CHANGES HAVE YOU SEEN IN THE E R. >> STEVE SPRIESTER: SINCE THIS
WHOLE CRISIS HAS BEGUN.
>> REALLY RIGHT NOW IT’S A ALMOST SEEMS KIND OF LIKE THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM.
A KILLER. NOT COMING IN.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: DOCTOR I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE DROPPED OR DID YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE OR
SOMETHING ON YOU THINK YOU
MIGHT HAVE DROPPED UNDER
COVERED IT OR SOMETHING THERE.
HAVING TROUBLE OUT HERE AND YOU LOOK AT CAN YET OUR
GOT BETTER. WHAT’S YOUR BEST ADVICE TO SOMEBODY THAT IS THAT IS SICK AND THANKS AMY NEED TO
COME TO THE E R THERE ARE
CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE THEM TO DO BEFORE THEY
MAKE THAT DECISION.
>> YES, IN FACT
OUR GROUP HAS SET UP A
TELEMEDICINE.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: ALL RIGHT OBVIOUSLY WE’RE HAVING SOME TROUBLE A LITTLE BIT WITH HIS
MICROPHONE. HE SAID THAT TODAY
WAS ACTUALLY SET UP
A TELE MEDICINE, THE HOTLINE AT
METHODIST. AND THEY’RE
BASICALLY ASKING PEOPLE TO
MAYBE CALL THAT BEFORE THEY
COME DOWN THERE OBVIOUSLY IF
IT’S STILL AN EMERGENCY.
THEY WANT YOU TO CALL 911 THEY
WANT YOU TO REACH OUT TO SOME
OFFICIALS. BUT TO TO
GET HELP. BUT THEY ALSO WANT
YOU TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT
WITH THESE HEALTH CARE WORKERS
ISIS IS THERE THE FRONT LINES
OF THIS WHOLE THING YEAH
THEY’RE ALREADY IN MANY TIMES
STRETCHED THIN. SO YOU WANT
THEM TO REMAIN HEALTHY AND MAY
SO THEY CAN REMAIN AT
THEIR JOBS. >> SERVING AS IMPORTANT PERHAPS A LITTLE IN THERE SOME GOOD AT
HOME PRACTICES NOT EVERYONE WHO
CONTRACT COVID 19 IS GOING TO
NECESSITATE NECESSITATE A TRIP
TO THE E R
YOU KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT THE DOCTOR WAS GOING TO
TALK TO US ABOUT STAYING
HYDRATED. YOU KNOW TAKING
ACETAMINOPHEN THINGS LIKE THAT
JUST TO KIND TREAT YOURSELF AS
BEST YOU CAN
AT HOME AND THEN CONTACTING
BEFORE YOU GO TO THE E R IF
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL
THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO DO
CONTACTING THEM. YOU KNOW AFTER
ARE CONTACTING THEM BEFORE YOU
HEAD TO THE
E R.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: YEAH I
THINK WE HAVE DOCTOR PAUL
ECKSTEIN BACK WITH US
DOCTOR A I HOPE WE HAVE YOUR
MICROPHONE BACK, I’M SORRY FOR
THESE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES,
BUT.
>> DO YOU THINK TRUMP. WHAT’S
THE BEST ADVICE YOU WERE TALKING TO US SOMEBODY IS SICK AND THINKING THEY MAY NEED TO
VISIT THE E R.
>> YES,
NORMALLY YOU KNOW WE ALWAYS SAY
FEAR AND DOUBT COME IN IT WOULD
BE HAPPY TO SEE YOU. THESE ARE
UNIQUE TIMES
AND IF WE HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE
WITH.
COVID 19 IN THE EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT. AND WE’RE RUNNING
THE RISK OF.
OF MAKE IN OUR HEALTH CARE OR
YOUR YOUR HEALTHCARE TEAM.
ILL AND NOT BEING ABLE THERE TO
TAKE CARE OF YOU, HERE’S WHAT
WE ASK IS THAT YOU CALL YOUR
DOCTOR BEFORE
YOU COME. AND THEY CAN ASSESS
AND WE HAVE SET UP A TELL
MEDICINE OPTION TO WHERE
YOU CAN LOG ON AND TALK TO ONE
THE
EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS AND THEY
CAN ASSESS YOU AND DECIDE IF
SAY YOU NEED TO COME TO THE
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
>> YOU KNOW SPEAKING OF KEEPING
STAFF HEALTHY AND WE’VE SEEN
THE SCENES FROM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY OF A SHORTAGE OF MASK,
A SHORTAGE OF
MEDICAL GEAR. ARE YOU EQUIPPED THERE AT YOUR HOSPITAL TO HANDLE YOU KNOW IF IT COMES TO
THAT US AS A EXTREME AMOUNT OF
CASES IF IT GETS
TO THAT.
>> YES MA’AM WE HAVE A PROCESS
IS IN PLACE AND EQUIPMENT AND
WE HAVE.
CAUTION WITH IT ONLY USE IT IF
WE NEED TO TRUST. WE KNOW THAT
MAY LAST FOR MANY WEEKS OR EVEN
A FEW MONTHS OLD.
>> WE WANT TO HAVE WITH THAT.
YEAH THAT WILL WORK.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: FROLIC SEEN FROM THE METHODIST HOSPITAL THANK YOU AND I JUST WHAT I
WANT TO MENTIONED WE WILL HAVE
THE DOCTOR BACK WITH US
TONIGHT. DURING THE 9 O’CLOCK
NEWS WHERE HE’S GOING TO ANSWER
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT OUR