With this is, again, in multiple ways. First is repeated call for personnel. Mayor de blasio calling for an additional 45,000 Additional Health care professionals to bolster the citys medical capacity. We received an alert on our phones yesterday, calling for licensed health care professionals, again to help the citys fight on the front lines and alleviate some pressure from the frontline workers. Fdny also mentioned earlier this week that 500emts and paramedics were traveling from around the country and volunteering themselves to help with this fight. Again, speaking with some of the emts, some of the ems workers here in new york, theyre not only worried about their capacity and wanting to protect new yorkers, but also making sure that they dont get infected and ultimately infect their families, which will inhibit them from doing their job. Just a lot of different angles there, joshua, but really making sure theres not only replenishing the ranks but that they also have the resources
Congress can do to help. In new york, the epicenter of the coronavirus, emergency alerts were sent out to cell phones on friday asking all Health Care Workers to assist facilities in need. So far 82,000 people across the country have volunteered. Mayor bill de blasio says the city needs an additional 45,000 health professionals. Across the country, doctors and nurses are enduring long hours, fearing for their lives and families lives as they take care of us every day. Here is more of what theyre experiencing on the front lines. Weve had tons of patients who have been hypoxic. Earlier we had a patient who had cardiac arrest. Its insane. This is too much. How much longer can we do this . Its very hard to lose a patient that youve been fighting for and we had three heartwrenching discussions with patients families. I said ill try, ill do the best that i can. But i dont know. She was like do you have a child . And i said i do, i have an 8yearold. So shes like, so then you know. And i said
Health care professionals to bolster the citys medical capacity. We received an alert on our phones yesterday, calling for licensed health care professionals, again to help the citys fight on the front lines and alleviate some pressure from the frontline workers. Fdny also mentioned earlier this week that 500emts and paramedics were traveling from around the country and volunteering themselves to help with this fight. Again, speaking with some of the emts, some of the ems workers here in new york, theyre not only worried about their capacity and wanting to protect new yorkers, but also making sure that they dont get infected and ultimately infect their families, which will inhibit them from doing their job. Just a lot of different angles there, joshua, but really making sure theres not only replenishing the ranks but that they also have the resources to continue the work as this apex looms. One of the big themes over the last few weeks has had to do with resources. New yorks Governor A