Today’s COVID count includes 7 active patients.
Key points from today’s guests:
Morning Rounds – Update on Latest News
Dr. Shawn Sood, pediatric critical care physician, The University of Kansas Health System
- With the record heat in the area, it is important to protect children from the heat.
- Limit outdoor times during the peak hours.
- Look for ways to cool down, like taking children to an air conditioned place like a library or the mall. Take a cool bath or go for a swim.
- Dark clothes attract heat, so dress your children in lightweight and light colored clothing.
- The heat index is the effective temperature outside and if the heat index is 95 or greater, protocols and guidelines should be in place in the school system. Make sure all the teachers and children know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion before it can transcend into heatstroke.
- Heat stroke is the third leading cause of death in high school athletes through physical physiological differences between young student athletes and professional athletes that are adults.
- Number one, they have a much reduced sweating capacity than adults do.
- Number two, they have a higher metabolic demand and produce higher heat.
- And number three, they acclimate the heat much slower than adults do so coaches can do a lot of things.
- Athletes should not practice during peak hours -- 11am to 3pm. If you're a football player and have bulky equipment, make sure you take that off during practices. Also pay attention to those athletes that are more vulnerable to heat exhaustion or heat stroke -- those with asthma or obesity or sweat less.
- Always have access to free water and sports drinks. Ultimately, prevention is the key during this really, really hot summer.
Focus Topic
Dr. Dana Hawkinson, medical director, infection prevention & control, The University of Kansas Health System
- There are 60 emerging infectious diseases just in the past 20 years.
- Some are brand new like SARS‑CoV‑2.
- Two others are not new but are appearing different areas or different corners of the world and reemerging.
- The University of Kansas Health System prepares for patients arriving at the hospital with infectious diseases.
Tanya McIntosh, infection prevention and control nurse, The University of Kansas Health System
- We have biosafety suits (PPE) which include a respirator with a hood, shoe covers and then two pairs of gloves so the patient and the health care professional are protected from head to toe.
- These suits are one-time use only and can be worn for up to three hours.
- There are regular practices putting on and removing the suits and performing operations in the suits.
Annie Huber, infection prevention and control nurse, The University of Kansas Health System
- We are in a constant state of readiness and are prepared for anything that comes through our doors.
- Any time a patient would present to our facility with concern for Ebola for example, we would immediately sequester them away.
- We have plans and pathways in place for getting them up to a small, isolated unit that we have that is set up specifically for the care of these patients. It has some extra security features.
- This unit is very specialized and set up in a way that we've been able to adapt it over the years.
Friday, Aug. 25 at 8 a.m. CT is the next Morning Medical Update. Ever heard of White Bagging? No, it's not how some people bring their lunch to work. We'll explain the top concerns around this insurance company practice that changes how some patients get critical infused or injected medications.
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