SCI Everything - Respiratory Care (COVID-19) - a podcast by Matheus Wiest

This inaugural videocast discusses respiratory care for people with spinal cord injury during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Please, leave comments and share!  

We also have a Youtube videocast version that you can find at: https://youtu.be/H5NLWQL4WIs

Questions: 

Question 1 - Am I at a greater risk for COVID-19 if I have an SCI? 2:15 

Question 2 – Do comorbidities (ie diabetes, hypertension, obesity, etc) increase the chances of having a more severe form of COVID-19? 5:04 

Question 3 - Would you recommend home care providers to wear masks all the time? 9:54 

Question 4 – How should we appropriately wear personal protective equipment (ie gloves, masks, etc) and wash our hands? 13:23 

Question 5 – Due to the longevity of the virus, what is the balance between home isolation and levels of cleanness to prevent COVID-19? 15:04 

Question 6 – What are your advice for people with SCI that develop COVID-19? 17:47 

Question 7 – Once you develop COVID-19 symptoms (cough, fever), when should you seek further medical attention? 19:36 

Question 8 – If you are going to an Emergency Room, what are essential items to bring? 28:25 

Question 9 – What are local resources in the community when people living with SCI are choosing to go or not to go to the hospital? 38:19  

RESOURCES: 

Pulmonary support for Myotonic Dystrophy 

https://www.myotonic.org/sites/default/files/pages/files/Pulmonary-Support-for-Myotonic-Dystrophy-Patients-During-COVID-19-Pandemic-20200-3-23.pdf  

How to wash your hands by Alton Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIwdf3WKe3Y   

SCI & U – Hand Hygiene for People with Spinal Cord Injury https://sciontario.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Handwashing-guide.pdf  

New Brunswick Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health (Public Health) – Message to Home Support Agencies 

English: https://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/h-s/pdf/homesupport.pdf 

French: https://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/h-s/pdf/soutiendomicile.pdf   

Pulse Oximeters:  Here is an example of a pulse oximeter. Check also your local pharmacy or retail store for availability. 

https://www.amazon.ca/Oximeter-Fingertip-Saturation-Athletes-Batteries/dp/B082HCHQNK/ref=sr_1_7?crid=1SCJZW7GITT3T&keywords=pulse+oximeter&qid=1586382404&rnid=5690384011&sprefix=pulse+ox%2Caps%2C168&sr=8-7  

CREDITS 

Comments 

Dr. Cathy Craven Spinal Cord Program Medical Lead 

University Health Network  

Host 

Dr. Kristine Cowley 

University of Manitoba  

Guests 

Dr. Graham Jones 

Respirologist - Hamilton Health Sciences  

Dr. Janice Richman-Eisenstat 

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Medicine and Palliative Respiratory Care Specialist - Alberta Health Services  

Edited by 

Matheus J Wiest  

Music  

Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod 

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool  

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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