Coronavirus Q&A Podcast

Coronavirus Q & A, Tuesday April 28, 2020


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On this edition of KSL Newsradio's Coronavirus Q&A, host Jeff Caplan is joined by Dr. Jeremy Voros, an Emergency Room Physician at St. Mark's Hospital and Heather Barnum, part of the communications team for the Utah Coronavirus Task Force.
Today's questions are as follows:
01 -  Are you seeing fewer cases of COVID-19 in the St. Mark's ER? (1:15)
02 - How are you doing with personal protective equipment? (1:35)
03 - Is the anxiety level, felt by healthcare workers, less these days? (3:51)
04 - Is an increase in body temperature the first sign of COVID-19? (4:07)
05 -  Are doctors still looking for a temperature of 100.4, as the first sign of possible COVID-19? (5:10)
06 - If a patient with COVID-19 has to be intubated, how long is their stay? (5:45)
07 - John's Hopkins has announced that the US has one million cases of COVID-19. Does that surprise you? (7:15)
08 - How does a doctor react when they see on social media that COVID-19 is the same as the flu? (8:00)
09 - Should senior citizens get tested, even if they do not have symptoms? (10:30)
10 - If a person is infected, can they pass along the virus simply by breathing? (12:40)
11 - Is it safe to go to the ER if you break your arm, or have another type of emergency? (14:50)
12 - When will we be able to travel to a place like Canada, and then return and not have to be quarantined for 14 days? (17:53)
13 - Do the doctor and Heather Barnham plan to take a vacation this summer? (19:40)
14 - Where can the general public go to have an anti-body test, and what is the cost associated with that? (21:00)
15 - Are antibody tests worthwhile? Or, do they just "give us hope?" (21:45)
16 - Have you heard about a machine that can oxygenate the blood as a method to help those with COVID-19? (23:55)
Join KSL either on the radio (at 12:20 p.m.) or on the podcast any time of your choosing to hear your COVID-19 coronavirus questions answered by the experts. Each day, members of the Utah COVID-19 task force and experts in the health field will be available to speak to your comments and concerns. Leave a voicemail at 801-237-2482 to ask us your virus questions during the pandemic.
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