{"id":13403,"date":"2020-04-30T16:32:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T20:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/?p=13403"},"modified":"2020-05-19T11:24:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T15:24:16","slug":"heart-attack-patients-are-avoiding-emergency-rooms-due-to-covid-19-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/heart-attack-patients-are-avoiding-emergency-rooms-due-to-covid-19-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart attack patients are avoiding emergency rooms due to COVID-19: report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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People experiencing cardiovascular emergencies seem to be avoiding hospital emergency rooms due to fears of COVID-19<\/a>, putting their health at risk, according to a new report.<\/p>\n

Data compiled by Heart and Stroke and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society found that visits to Ontario emergency departments for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarctions (STEMI) \u2014 a very serious type of heart attack \u2014 fell by nearly 30 per cent in the period between March 16 and April 12, compared to the same period a year earlier.<\/p>\n

Similar numbers from Vancouver Coastal Health show a 40 per cent drop in STEMI patients over the same time last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis last weekend was a good example,\u201d said Dr. Andrew Krahn, a cardiologist and president of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn downtown Vancouver, there\u2019s an on-call group that looks after acute heart attacks. And they for one weekend actually had none, which was the first time in 11 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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According to data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information<\/a>, there were 26,950 emergency department visits for heart attacks in the 2018-19 fiscal year, corresponding to an average of about 74 visits per day across Canada.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis data is distressing because there is no reason to believe that fewer events are happening,\u201d Krahn said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no plausible reason why COVID-19 should make for less heart attacks or strokes, for example. So what\u2019s happening is we\u2019re seeing less and less of these because people stay home when they happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reports from Spain<\/a> and the U.S.<\/a> have also shown similar drops in hospital visits for cardiovascular trouble.<\/p>\n

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Delaying medical care can have huge implications for someone\u2019s health, Krahn said.<\/p>\n

If you have a stroke, for example, \u201cYou have two or three hours, after which you\u2019re going to be disabled.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cMany of these things that involve in particular acute heart problems, they have treatments that need to be delivered within hours or a day, quickly, to try to prevent the damage that is going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Delaying treatment also means that when patients do arrive at the hospital, they\u2019re often sicker and there\u2019s less that doctors can do to help, he said.<\/p>\n

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Because of this, he worries that there will be a \u201csurge\u201d in very sick patients down the line, which could overwhelm hospital resources \u2014 particularly when added to the growing backlog of elective and non-emergent surgeries that were postponed due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll create a burden on our ability to diagnose and see and manage those people who are sicker.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Jeff Shaw, a Calgary cardiologist and internal medicine specialist, tweeted earlier in April that he was unable to save a patient who didn\u2019t come to the hospital until it was too late.<\/p>\n

\u201cI lost the battle to save a patient last night because they waited too long to come to the hospital,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m afraid that there could be patients who have treatable issues who come in too late or get complications from the issues that could have been prevented had they shown up earlier,\u201d he told Global News.<\/p>\n

Krahn says he understands that people are nervous about going to a hospital at a time when health authorities are urging people to stay home to avoid getting sick. But going to hospital doesn\u2019t mean that you will catch the novel coronavirus, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople might forget that 80 to 90 per cent of COVID-19 patients are in the community, most of them are isolated in their homes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hospitals have protection systems to \u201cwall off\u201d suspected COVID-19 patients from those who are coming in with other ailments, he said, \u201cso hospitals and emergency rooms are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emergency rooms have also planned for the pandemic, Shaw said, so patients shouldn\u2019t fear being turned away.<\/p>\n

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If you suspect that you\u2019re having a major cardiac problem, like a heart attack or a stroke, Krahn urges you to go to the emergency room or call 911 as you normally might.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality is the risk of contracting COVID-19 and then being so sick that it has a terrible outcome and so on is extraordinarily small compared to having an acute medical emergency where the consequences are real and personal and warrant attention.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Questions about COVID-19? Here are some things you need to know:<\/em><\/p>\n

Health officials caution against all international travel. Returning travellers are legally obligated to self-isolate for 14 days, beginning March 26, in case they develop symptoms and to prevent spreading the virus to others. Some provinces and territories have also implemented additional recommendations or enforcement measures to ensure those returning to the area self-isolate.<\/p>\n

Symptoms<\/a> can include fever, cough and difficulty breathing \u2014 very similar to a cold or flu. Some people can develop a more severe illness. People most at risk of this include older adults and people with severe chronic medical conditions like heart, lung or kidney disease. If you develop symptoms, contact public health authorities<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To prevent the virus from spreading<\/a>, experts recommend frequent handwashing and coughing into your sleeve. They also recommend minimizing contact with others, staying home as much as possible and maintaining a distance of two metres from other people if you go out.<\/p>\n

For full COVID-19 coverage from Global News, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014 with files from Brian Hill, Global News<\/em><\/p>\n

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