Putting off medical treatment

Putting off medical treatment

HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FORCOVI━19 WHILE MORE THAN TWODOZEN HAVE DIED.

DOCTORSACROSS THE COUNTRY ARECONCERNED PEOPLE ARE PUTTINGOFF EMERGENCY MEDICALTREATMENT OUT OF FEAR OFCONTRACTING THE CORONAVIRUS.AS PART OF OUR REBOUNDMARYLAND SERIES━ WMA━2NEWS' MARK ROPER SPOKE WITHDOCTORS ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS.HE'S LIVE OUTSIDE THEUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICALCENTER IN DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE.MARK━ WHAT ARE DOCTORSSAYING?THEY SAY THEY'VE TAKEN STEPSTO PROTECT PATIENTS BUTTHERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANTDROP IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLGOING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOMAND THEY SAY IF YOU HAVE HEARTDISEASE━ WAITING TO GO TOTHE HOSPITAL CAN HAVE DEADLYCONSEQUENCES.

HEALTHCAREOFFICIALS NATIONWIDE SAW ASIGNIFICANT DROP IN THE NUMBEROF EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS FORHEART ATTACKS OR STROKES WHILEMANY STATES WERE ON LOCKDOWN.SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS OF AHEART ATTACK INCLUDE CHESTPAINS━ SHORTNESS OF BREATHOR SWEATING FOR NO APPARENTREASON.

WHILE STROKE SYMPTOMSCAN BE REMEMBERED BY THEACRONYM FAST.

F━ IS FORFACIAL DROOP.

A━ IS FOR ARMWEAKNESS.

S━ IS FOR SLURREDSPEECH.

AND T IS FOR TIME.PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THESESYMPTOMS DON'T HAVE A LOT OFTIME TO WASTE TO GET HELP.

BUTDOCTORS SAY PATIENTS ARECOMING IN LATER THAN USUALWITH THESE SYMPTOMS━ THATPEOPLE EITHER DON'T THINKTHEY'RE HAVING A HEART ATTACKOR STROKE━ OR THEY'RE AFRAIDOF COVI━19.

SO NO MATTER WHATYOU FEARS MIGHT HAVE━ IF YOUEXPERIENCE THESE SYMPTOMS━DON'T WAIT TO CALL YOUR DOCTOROR 911 FOR HELP.

MEANWHILE━UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOLOF MEDICINE ASSOCIATEPROFESSOR DR. MARK VESELYEXPLAINS WHAT STEPS ARE BEINGTAKEN TO KEEP PATIENTS SAFEWHEN THEY DO ARRIVE AT THHOSPITAL.

Starting at theemergency room door, to startto triage patients andseparate people who havesymptoms or concerns ofCOVI━19 versus people whodon't.

And that translates inthe hospital throughoutdifferent procedures anddifferent hospital floors, andwards so that we are doingeverything we can to keeppeople safe TOMORROW MORNINGON GOOD MORNING MARYLAND WE'LLHEAR FROM A HEALTHCAREADMINISTRATOR WHO TELLS USWHAT CHANGES PATIENTS CANEXPECT TO SEE AT HOSPITALSWHEN THEY RETURN FOR ELECTIVESURGERY.

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