Tatiana Fish – cardiologist, candidate of medical Sciences, she is one of those doctors who fought for the life of patients with COVID-19, ill and again returned to the red zone. Only recently, the Mariinsky hospital, in the midst of the epidemic repurposed for treatment davidnyc patients began to operate in the normal mode of a multiprofile hospital. Of features of work with covenyi sick and about the danger that is still with us, the doctor told the “Russian newspaper”.
Tatyana, you believe that people are careless about their security?
Tatiana Fish: you Know, I am surprised at the behavior of our citizens. Many behave as if the pandemic is over. Like Covina epic and all that goes with it in the past.
wears a Mask unit. Comes to the paradox: in a non-food store allowed for a few people, with the respect of security measures, and before the door of the shop is a group of people without personal protection equipment, and to communicate freely with each other. Once in the store, they were forced to wear masks. I’m not talking about crowded trains and subway cars at rush hour.
the novel coronavirus infection from us has gone nowhere! In our hospital works and the infectious housing of 76 beds, intensive care unit with 12 beds for heavy patients with this disease. Also created observation Department, where hospitalitynet patients to the exclusion kovida.
Yes, still there are still people who don’t believe that COVID-19 is a serious disease. Before such was even more. Before I got sick of their loved ones or friends.
You have had novel coronavirus infection. Was it hard?
Tatiana Fish: Sick on duty when the hospital was redeveloped under the infectious. Moved relatively easily – although with high fever, severe General weakness.
it was Treated as an outpatient. Fortunately for me, friends and relatives are not infected. Many of the medical staff, like me, isolated from their relatives, so as not to bring infection into the house. Lived in a Dorm on the hospital grounds, which was organized for the period of the pandemic. Some employees rented an apartment. I had the opportunity to send the family to the country. It’s actually a very important factor: to understand that you will not bring the virus into the family. We have many of the medical staff had been ill, and some very hard. But fortunately we had no casualties, at least we had no deaths among colleagues.
Kovic who has the hardest flows?
Tatiana Fish: in patients with obesity, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, and mental illnesses. And those who do not promptly seek medical help, relying on self Parking is available onsiteth cure. Moreover, for this category of patients age special significance and has not.
what challenges have you encountered working in the red zone?
Tatiana Fish: When I first started working with covenyi patients, it was difficult. The shortage of health personnel, especially in may, when many employees got sick.
Working in personal protective equipment: harder to breathe, fogged glasses. There was some misunderstanding of the nature of the disease, the fear spreading in the media about the horrors of the disease.
But just two weeks of work realized with the disease can be handled, if you start treated on time and adequately. Fortunately, already had international experience in the treatment and he helped us a lot. We opened as a contagious hospital end of April and, thanks to our administration, we had no shortage of either in the PPE nor the drugs, nor in providing patients with oxygen, or in the ventilator. And we gradually got used to the new conditions.
With patients to contact was more difficult than usual. Medical staff in PPE. People were frightened by his condition. Worried about breathing problems, intensivieren or joint pain, extreme weakness.
Not without conflict situations: some patients did not like that the doctors changed every 12 hours and as such there is no permanent doctor. And patients have learned that, when in hospital, you can always go to your doctor – the same, every day, to talk about the state of his health, to consult.
What experience gave the red area?
Tatiana Fish: the Medicine had a unique experience, which was not – and those who worked for decades in medicine. We were quite differently related to their health, health of relatives and patients.
Earlier if there is a runny nose, weakness, a slight fever, that’s okay: I go to work. Or at least sit home in a few days and back to work. Now understand: no labor feats, need to be treated and to find out what exactly sick. Because can infect others. But if you have the coronavirus to infect with unpredictable consequences, up to fatal outcomes. This applies not only to physicians. This applies to everyone. The need for proper treatment and respect for others – one of the lessons which gave us a pandemic.
Became more attentive and responsible attitude to hygiene, to comply with sanitary-epidemiological regime. Take, for example, hand washing, use of antiseptics, personal care products. We often touch objects that had been touched by dozens of other hands. For example, a gun at the gas station, has the mandateHB in transport, Elevator and so on. Then you need to wash and handle hands. I would have left in stores, gas stations and other public places remedies for the treatment of hands and after the pandemic.
What would you advise patients that overtook kovid?
Tatiana Fish: First. Not to read tea leaves: kovid or cold, and to promptly contact their doctor. Thereby you will save your health and the health of loved ones.
Second: to implement all recommendations of the doctor. Now treatment scheme worked out, in many cases enough to be treated at home, following the mode of self-isolation. We, doctors, have seen in hundreds of cases: if a person is adequately treated for kovida, the risk of late effects is minimal.
With the continuing poor state of health after illness can be recommended intake of vitamin D, b vitamins no matter How trivial it sounds: to observe the regime of work and rest, walking more. Be healthy! Take care of yourself and loved ones!
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