Flu Emergency Rooms

Wroc this year s flu season is one of the worse so far with 700 influenza cases reported in monroe county and many emergency rooms seeing a high flow of patients.

Flu emergency rooms.

Owner chrysa charno says things like wearing a mask and washing your hands can help prevent the. If you get sick with flu symptoms and are at high risk of flu complications or you are concerned about your illness call your health care provider for advice. You should not go to the emergency room if you are only mildly ill. Last year was a nasty season said richard webby phd a member of the department of infectious diseases at st.

Emergency room visits for the flu are up in orange county monday september 21 2020 by danielle prieur wmfe share tweet. Hytallo souza stay up to date on coronavirus coverage. There has been a small increase in the number of people visiting orange county emergency rooms in recent days the county s top health official said monday. Here is how hospitals are dealing with the emergency.

While no one can predict this coming year s flu season flu is already circulating in some communities and emergency department nurses and their hospitals are preparing for an influx of influenza patients. And even though emergency rooms are set up to handle just about anything it can be difficult to handle everything at once. Raul pino director of the florida department of health in orange says these early cases suggest flu season is already in central florida and it s time to get vaccinated. Raul pino director of the florida department of health in orange says these early cases suggest flu season is already in central.

Stomach flu or gastroenteritis is a common disease which accounts for a good number of the emergency room visits to our facility here at bellaire emergency room. Listen to wmfe on your radio the wmfe mobile app or your smart speaker say alexa play npr or wmfe and you ll be connected. The influx of hospital patients due to 2018 s deadly flu epidemic is taking its toll. Flu season in the emergency room.

Covid 19 already means there s added anxiety among emergency doctors this year said josh koczerginski an emergency physician at both royal columbian hospital in. If you have the emergency warning signs of flu sickness you should go to the emergency room. A lot of people reporting stomach flu confuse it with just a normal stomachache and don t normally know how they got the infection. We know that the best way to prevent the spread of flu and other infectious diseases is for sick individuals to minimize contact with others.