Iowa reports 64 COVID-19 deaths in the last week – KCCI Des Moines

PROVIDE KIDS WITH WIFI HOTSPOTS AND INTERNET ACCESS FOR ONLINE LEARNING A NEW HARSH REALITY F OR ONLOE CAL HOSPITAL – NOT ENOUGH BEDS FOR CHILD PATIEN. KCCI’S LAUREN JOHNSON SPOKE WITH A PEDIATRIC INTENSTIVE CARE DOCTOR THAT SHARES IT’S BECOMING MORE OF A CHALLENGE EVERYDAY TO WEATHER THE STORM OF COVID- 19. (áááLAURENáá EARLIER THIS YEAR, IT WAS UNFORTUNATELY MORE COMMO TO HEAR THE ICU WAS FULL BUT NOW A NEW TREND HAS TAKEN HOLD OF THE PICU AND THAT MEANS KIDS WILL NOW HAVE A HARDER TI ME FINDING A ROOM IN E TH HOSPITAL AND COULD BE TRANSFERRED OUT OD THE AREA. DR. JESSICA ZUZGA- REED, PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE, MERCYONE 2:15 <“OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS WE HAVE SEEN KIDS WITH VARYING VIRAL ILLNSEESS.”> DR. JESSICA ZUZGA- REED WITH MERCYONE SAYS THE PEDIATRICS INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT MERCYONE HOSPITAL IS CONTINUING TO SEE A TROUBLING TREND – AN INCREASE OF CHILD PATIEN. TS FROM RSV TO COVID TO TRAUMATIC INJURIES – WHICHEVER THE AILMENT, THERE SIMPLY AREN’T ENOUGH BEDSO TGO AROUND. DR. JESSICA ZUZGA- REED, PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE, MERCYONE 12:53 <“ALL OF OUR CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS HAVE HADO T REDIRECT CHILDREN FROM TIME TO TIME.”> SEVEN PERCENT OF COVID-19 HOSPITALIZATIONS IN IO WA ARE MADE UP OF PATIENTS 17 AND UNDE R. MIX THAT WITH THE UPCK TI OF ILLNESSES CHILDREN EXPERIENCING NOW THAT ARE TYPICALLY MORE COMMON IN THE WINTER – YOU HAVE A MEDICAL SYSTEM THT IS BEING PUSHED TO IT’S LIMIT. DR . JESSICA ZUZGA- REED, PEDIATC RIINTENSIVE CARE, MERCYONE 4:07 <“THIS IS VERY UNCOMMON. TYPICALLY, AUGUST IS O UR LOWEST VOLUME MONTINH A GIVEN YEAR, IN THE HOSPITAL, LET ALONE INHE T PICU. AND THIS YEAR HAS BEEN LIKE NO OTHER YEAR PRIOR> .” THERE IS SOME SILVER LINING THOUGH – PHYSICIANS ANTICIPATE VACCINES TOE B APPROVED FOR KIDS UNDER 12 BY THE END OF THYEAR. E ALSO, SCHOOLS NOW HA VE THE POWER TO MANDATE MASKS ON CAMPUS – THE HOPE IS THESE MEASURES HELP BEFORE REURSOCES RUN DRY. DR. JESSICA ZUZGA- REED, PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE, MERCYONE 8: 15 <“ANY MITIGATIONS, VACCINES WOULD BE A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO OUR POSSIBLE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF THE SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS.”> (áááLAURENá