How close Valley hospitals could be to changing treatment of patients during pandemic
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We could soon see patients in need of oxygen sent home with oxygen equipment. Under ideal conditions, everyone who needs oxygen would be admitted to the hospital. Unfortunately, we are operating under a disaster and we don t have the luxury, said Dr. Rais Vohra, Interim Fresno County Health Officer.
This comes as Southern California is taking even more extreme measures.
Paramedics there have now been instructed to not transport a patient to the hospital if their heart stops beating. I am following the Los Angeles scenario very closely and I can t say we are on that level right now, said Vohra.
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Air Force and Army military medical personnel, including doctors, nurses, and respiratory technicians, began their orientation at Community Regional Medical Center Tuesday morning.
The military reinforcements are among the Department of Defense medical teams being sent into four California hospitals to provide medical support alongside hospital staff as patient loads surge.
“Their primary mission is to support the intensive care unit,” says Fresno County EMS Director Dan Lynch.
“I’m very worried about the next few weeks.”–
Fresno County Interim Health Officer Dr. Rais Vohra
The arrival of the military support teams is a bright spot in an otherwise dark period due to escalating COVID infections in Fresno County. California’s Department of Public Health extended the regional stay at home orders for both the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California regions on Tuesday.
Valley EMS workers receive COVID-19 vaccinations
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) It s the strongest defense for first responders.
On Tuesday, it was the turn of workers at American Ambulance to receive COVID-19 vaccinations at the Fresno County Fairgrounds.
American Ambulance answers more than 400 calls a day in Fresno and Kings Counties and the vaccination can minimize the risk they take every day. Every day we are transporting patients that have COVID and every day our staff puts themselves at risk, so recognizing the importance of that first responder and that frontline healthcare professional was really important to us, said American Ambulance Director of Field Operations Edgar Escobedo.
US military team arrives in Fresno to help local hospitals fight COVID-19
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) Help has landed at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno.
A team from the Department of Defense arrived Tuesday, and will soon provide some relief to the overwhelmed hospital system. Their mission is to increase the number of ICU beds available in this case at CRMC, which does have the capacity to increase. They just need the staffing and that s what this will do, says Fresno County EMS director Dan Lynch.
At least 15 personnel are from the US Air Force while another five are a team of medical personnel from the U.S. Army.
Fresno County doctors fearful of COVID cases after Christmas holiday
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) Fresno County health officials say what they are experiencing right now is unlike anything they ve ever witnessed in our local healthcare system. We have turned auditoriums and offices into patient care spaces, says Dr. Anneli Von Reinhart. We have expanded and expanded and stretched and stretched, and we are now at a breaking point.
But more patients with and without the coronavirus continue to overwhelm emergency rooms.
Dr. Rais Vohra with the Department of Public Health says the surge is impacting every aspect of the healthcare system from vital equipment, to the mental health of staff.