{"id":45001,"date":"2020-03-28T21:25:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T01:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=45001"},"modified":"2020-03-28T21:25:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T01:25:23","slug":"psa-tele-health-links-for-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/psa-tele-health-links-for-new-york-city\/","title":{"rendered":"PSA: Tele-Health Links for New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Yorkers! Right now, city officials are advising people to NOT go to a hospital unless it is a true emergency and you feel like you can&#8217;t breathe. The system is so overwhelmed that if you have <a href=\"https:\/\/wexnermedical.osu.edu\/blog\/coronavirus-symptoms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mild<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/03\/28\/health\/coronavirus-symptoms-list-what-to-do-wellness\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moderate<\/a> COVID-19 symptoms (fever of over 100F, dry cough, fatigue, loss of sense of smell\/taste), you might face a wait &#8212; in a crowded ER &#8212; of six, eight, 10+ hours. If you don&#8217;t have the coronavirus when you walk into that room, you will certainly have it when you walk out.<\/p>\n<p>Those with mild to moderate symptoms may still talk to a doctor. Call your own doctor, if you have one. If you don&#8217;t, use the tele-health services at the major New York hospitals.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyp.org\/ondemand\/urgent-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York-Presbyterian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountsinai.org\/care\/mount-sinai-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mount Sinai<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nyulangone.org\/locations\/virtual-urgent-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYU Langone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To access New York&#8217;s public hospital helpline, dial 311.<\/p>\n<p>If you have an underlying health condition or are otherwise in a high-risk group, do not delay &#8212; consult with a doctor immediately via phone or the tele-health options if you have mild to moderate symptoms. Don&#8217;t shrug it off or say &#8220;I&#8217;ll see how I feel in the morning.&#8221; Your condition could change quickly and you need to get advice based on your particular situation.<\/p>\n<p>If you and a medical professional decide you&#8217;re in good enough shape to try to weather the illness at home, be serious about quarantining yourself. Do NOT leave your home unless it&#8217;s decided you need to go to a doctor and for that, wear a mask. Do your best to keep what distance you can between you and anyone you live with. Of course, everyone should be washing their hands and cleaning surfaces frequently.<\/p>\n<p>Call 911 if you (or someone you live with) are have are choking or having very troubled breathing, or symptoms of a heart attack or stroke.\u00a0 Those calls will be prioritized, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/nyc-911-calls-hit-a-record-high-fdny-says-call-only-for-heart-or-breathing-problems\/2347646\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">911 volume is so high that you might be placed on hold.<\/a> Be prepared. Remember, the risk of infection is too high for a healthy person to accompany a sick person to the hospital.\u00a0 Unfortunately, this will be a lonely experience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Yorkers! Right now, city officials are advising people to NOT go to a hospital unless it is a true emergency and you feel like you can&#8217;t breathe. The system is so overwhelmed that if you have mild or moderate COVID-19 symptoms (fever of over 100F, dry cough, fatigue, loss of sense of smell\/taste), you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/psa-tele-health-links-for-new-york-city\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[79,49],"tags":[2277,2278,2293],"class_list":{"0":"post-45001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-health","7":"category-in-the-news","8":"tag-coronavirus","9":"tag-covid-19","10":"tag-tele-health","11":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45002,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45001\/revisions\/45002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}