Nebraska Medicine prepares surge tent

Nebraska Medicine prepares surge tent

MONDAY MORNINGTO HELP WITHOVERFLOWCORONAVIRUSPATIENTS.THEY SAY THEYDON'T NEED IT YETBUT WANT TO BEREADY IF THEY DOIN COMING WEEKS.CHIEFPHOTOGRAPHERSTEFFANI NOLTETELLS YOU WHOWILL BE SEENHERE.A FIRST ATNEBRASKAMEDICINE.THEY'RE SETTINGUP A TENT OUTSIDEOF THEEMERGENCYDEPARTMENT AS ANOVERFLOW FORPATIENTS WITHCORONAVIRUS.16:48 RIGHT NOWWE'RE NOT AT APOINT WHERE WENEED TO USE THETENT FOR PATIENTOVERFLOW BUTTHIS IS PREPARINGFOR THE WORSTTHIS TENT WILL BEUSED IF THEOVERFLOW ATCLARKSONDOCTORS BUILDINGSOUTH FILLS UP.THE GOAL IS TOTREAT PATIENTSWITH NON-EMERGENTCORONAVIRUSSYMPTOMS IN ANENVIRONMENTSAFE FOR THEM.14:23 ESPECIALLYVULNERABLEPOPULATIONS,ELDERLY,COMORBIDCONDITIONS,IMMUNOCOMPROMISEDPOPULATIONS.TO KEEP PATIENTSWHO HAVE SIGNSOF COVID-19 AWAYFROM THATPOPULATION BUTTO ASSESS THEIRSYMPTOMS ANDCARE FOR THEM INA SAFEENVIRONMENT.PEOPLE WITHFEVER, COUGH,SHORTNESS OFBREATH, SORETHROAT...BUT ARE ABLE TOWALK AND DON'THAVE RESPIRATORYDISTRESS MAY BECARED FOR IN THETENT.IT WILL BE FULLYFUNCTIONAL WITHELECTRICITY,INTERNET, HEATAND AIRCONDITIONING.THERE IS ROOMFOR 8 PATIENTS INONE TENT.A SECOND TENTMAY BE SET UPHERE IN FRONT OFMONROE MEYERINSTITUTE IF NEEDBE.16:08 WITH IN THETENT THERESDIVIDERS BETWEENEACH PATIENT INCARE.ALL OF THEPRECAUTIONS WEUSE FOR PATIENTSWHO WE SUSPECTMAY HAVE THISINFECTION IN THEEMERGENCYDEPARTMENT WILLALSO BE FOLLOWEDIN THE TENT INTERMS OF PPE ANDDISTANCINGNEBRASKAMEDICINE DOESN'TNEED THIS TENTRIGHT NOW...BUT THEY WILLLIKELY BEGIN USINGIT NEXT WEEK TOTAKE A LOOK ATPATIENT FLOW.IN OMAHA, STEFFANINOLTE, 3 NEWSNOW.NEBRASKAMEDICINE SAYS DONOT SHOW UP ATTHE TENT IF YOUWANT TO BE SEEN.IF IT'S ANEMERGENCY GODIRECTLY TO THEEMERGENCY ROOM.THE FEAR OF BEING