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              March 17, 2020
              HOW TO PREPARE AND EDUCATE...
              If You Think you may have Novel Coronavirus. 

              It's difficult to find detailed information from local county Health Departments or local health providers other then re-posting CDC information.  Read this good advice from a NURSE I know from Cincinnati who currently works at Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph: (copy/pasted this from her site)

              "I know we’re all tired of hearing about it, but one thing I HAVEN’T really seen going around is advice for what happens if you DO get coronavirus, we're only seeing advice for how to try to AVOID it.  So as your friendly neighborhood RN:

              Things you should "actually" buy ahead of time:  Kleenex, Acetaminophen (Tylenol) in 325 mg tablets, Ibuprofen (Advil) in 200 mg tablets, Mucinex, Robitussin or DayQuil/NyQuil, whatever your cough medicine of choice is. Also please BUY a thermometer -- don’t go to any ER or Doctor and say I felt warm!

              If you don’t have a humidifier, that would also be a good thing to get.  (You can also just turn the shower on hot and sit in the bathroom breathing in the steam). Also a good time to make a big batch of your favorite soup to freeze and have on hand.
              If you have a history of asthma and you have a prescription inhaler, make sure the one you have isn’t expired and refill it/get a new one if it is.

              You basically just want to prepare as though you know you’re going to get a nasty respiratory bug like the flu, bronchitis or pneumonia. You just have the foresight to know it’s coming.

              For symptom management, use the meds I mentioned. For a fever over 101, alternate Tylenol every 4 hours and Motrin every 6 hours so you’re taking a dose of one or the other every 2-3 hours. Can be taken at the same time also! Use both cough suppressants and expectorants (most cough meds have both). Drink a ton, hydrate hydrate. Rest lots. Please take meds before rushing to ER, urgent care or DR office. Recheck temp in 1 hour to see if the meds helped.

              If you're sick, you should not be leaving your house except to go to the doctor, and if you do, wear a mask (regular is fine, you don’t need an N95).  You DO NOT NEED TO GO TO THE ER unless you are having trouble breathing or your fever is very high and unmanaged with meds. ER are for life threatening illnesses.

              90% of healthy adult cases thus far have been managed at home with basic rest/hydration/over-the-counter meds. We don’t want to clog the ERs unless you’re actually in distress. The hospital beds will be used for people who actively need oxygen/breathing treatments/IV fluids.

              If you have a pre-existing lung condition (COPD, emphysema, lung cancer) or are on immunosuppressants, now is a great time to talk to your PCP or specialist about what they would like you to do if you get sick. They might have plans to get you admitted and bypass the ER entirely.

              One major relief to you parents is that kids do VERY well with coronavirus— they usually bounce back in a few days, no one under 18 has died, and almost no kids have required hospitalization (unless they have a lung disease like CF).
              Just use pediatric dosing of the same meds.

              I can’t take credit for this whole post! Was started online and added to it!"

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