TO BE FOR COVID PATIENTS. THE ORIGINAL UNDERSTANDING WAS
NONCOVID PATIENTS.
NONCOVID PATIENTS. >> THERE IS THIS ALARMING REPORT
TODAY FROM THE ENTITY THAT
MANAGES NEW YORK HOSPITALS,
THAT, IF YOU’RE IN CARDIAC
ARREST SOMEWHERE IN NEW YORK
CITY, AND EMT’S SHOW UP, AND
THEY CAN’T REVIVE YOU ON-SITE,
THERE IS NOW A CHANGE IN
PROTOCOL, WHERE THEY ARE NOT
TAKING YOU TO A HOSPITAL, TO TRY
TO REVIVE YOU THERE.
BECAUSE THE HOSPITALS ARE SO
OVERWHELMED.
OVERWHELMED. IT DOES SEEM LIKE HAVING THAT
HOSPITAL SHIP IN NEW YORK HARBOR
WITH NO CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS ON
IT, WITH, AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL,
HUNDREDS OF EMPTY BEDS, AND
STAFF THERE, TO DEAL WITH IT,
THEY COULD BE TAKING THE FEW
TRAUMA PATIENTS, THE FEW HEART
ATTACK PATIENTS, THE OTHER
PEOPLE WHO NOW CAN’T GET INTO
THE NEW YORK CITY HOSPITALS.
>> WELL, THEORETICALLY, THEY
CAN.
CAN. THIS IS ALL NEW.
YOU HAVE PROTOCOLS THAT AREN’T
REALLY ESTABLISHED, THAT HAVE TO
BE SET UP.
THEORETICALLY, THE U.S. NAVY
SHIP COMFORT COULD TAKE A
NONCOVID TRAUMA CASE.
SO I DON’T KNOW HOW THAT
PROTOCOL WORKS ON THAT.
BUT LOOK, THIS IS A, WE’RE ALL
DOING THE BEST WE CAN, TRYING TO
PUT TOGETHER A SYSTEM, THAT CAN
HANDLE OVER 150, 200% OF WHAT
THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO DO.
AND THE FEDERAL FACILITIES ARE
AN ADVANTAGE.
AN ADVANTAGE. FOR US, WHAT IT IS GOING TO COME
DOWN TO IS THE STAFF BURNOUT,
STAFF GETTING SICK, WE HAVE
80,000 VOLUNTEERS, CAN WE GET
THEM ORIENTED TO THE RIGHT
HOSPITALS AND IN THE RIGHT
PLACES, AND THEN THE EQUIPMENT,
AND THESE VENTILATORS THAT I
NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE, NOW
BECOME THE MOST PRECIOUS PIECE
OF EQUIPMENT, AND THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
YOU LITERALLY CAN’T ACQUIRE
THEM.
THEM. AND WE’RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW,
WE HAVE ABOUT ENOUGH VENT LATERS
FOR SIX DAYS AT OUR CURRENT BURN
RATE, RIGHT, OF HOW MANY WE USE,
HOW MANY ADDITIONAL VENTILATORS
WE USE EVERY DAY.
WE GET PAST THAT POINT, IF WE’RE
NOT YET AT THE APEX, WE’RE GOING
TO BE IN A BAD PLACE.
WE HAVE A BACKUP PLAN TO COME
UP, AND WITH ADDITIONAL
VENTILATORS, BY BASICALLY
McGYVER
McGYVER McGYVER’ING THE VENTILATORS BUT
THIS IS TRULY FRIGHTENING.
I’VE HANDLED A LOT OF
EMERGENCIES, A LOT OF DISASTERS,
AS GOVERNOR AND IN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, BUT THIS BY FAR AND
AWAY, NOTHING COMES CLOSE TO
THIS, IN TERMS OF THE NEED FOR
INTELLIGENT RIGOROUS MUSCLED
GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND QUICKLY
AND SMARTLY.
AND SMARTLY. ITS
ITS IT ALL COMES DOWN TO WHETHER
YOUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM CAN
HANDLE IT THERE.
IS NO CONCEPT HERE, THERE IS NO
PHILOSOPHY.
PHILOSOPHY. IT’S CAN YOU HANDLE THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE WALKING IN THE DOOR.
THAT’S ALL THIS IS.
AND IF YOU CAN’T, PEOPLE DIE.
THAT’S WHAT THIS IS.
AND THE SIMPLICITY IS WHAT MAKES
IT SO TRAGIC, FRANKLY.
BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE A PIECE OF
EQUIPMENT, SOMEONE IS GOING TO
DIE?
DIE? BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE STAFF,
SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE?
HOW DID WE GET TO THIS PLACE?
IN THIS COUNTRY?
THAT WE HAVE TO BUY ALL OF OUR
SUPPLIES FROM CHINA?
I CAN’T GET PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
BECAUSE CHINA IS MAKING IT?
CHINA IS MAKING THE VENTILATORS?
WE COULDN’T FIGURE OUT HOW TO
MAKE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
QUICKLY ENOUGH?
QUICKLY ENOUGH? WE COULDN’T FIGURE OUT HOW TO
MAKE VENTILATORS?
MAKE VENTILATORS? WE CAN’T FIGURE OUT THIS ROLLING
DEPLOYMENT?
DEPLOYMENT? WHICH MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE
WORLD.
WORLD. AND IT FRANKLY IS SIXMPLER FOR
EVERY LOCALITY.
EVERY LOCALITY. I SAID WE HAVE ALL OF THESE
VOLUNTEERS COMING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, I SAID WE WILL RETURN
THE FAVOR.
THE FAVOR. WHEN WE GET PAST OUR APEX, I
WILL PACK UP EVERY VENTILATOR, I
WILL BRING OUR ENTIRE HEALTH
TEAM AND I WILL GO TO ANY
COMMUNITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I WILL DRIVE PERSONALLY, AND
PROVIDE THEM THE ASSISTANCE AND
THANK FOR THEM FOR WHAT THEY DID
FOR NEW YORK.
THAT’S WHAT WE DO.
THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED MUTUAL
AID IN EMERGENCIES.
IN A FLOOD.
OR IN A POWER UTILITY.
WHERE UTILITY COMPANIES FLEX.
IF YOU REMEMBER, IF YOU
REMEMBER, YOU WILL SEE ON THE
ROAD, A LARGE UTILITY TRUCK,
WHENEVER THERE IS A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY, ARIZONA TRUCKS,
DRIVING TO NEW YORK CITY, NEW
YORK CITY TRUCKS, DRIVING TO
FLORIDA, THAT’S HOW WE REACT, TO
THOSE EMERGENCIES.
THOSE EMERGENCIES. WE, MUTUAL AID, YOU FLEX, WITH
THE NEED.
THE NEED. THAT, WE COULD BE DOING HERE.
AND THE CONSEQUENCES ARE GOING
TO BE DEVASTATING.
AND WHAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT,
IS NOT JUST THE NUMBERS, BUT A