Earlier this year, respiratory viruses They have completed emergency and primary care consultations.
As has happened in recent years, winter, Severe frosts and Christmas family gatherings have led to a surge in Covid-19 cases. But what’s really surprising is what we’re experiencing.
Acute respiratory infections result in large numbers of patients presenting to emergency services, This is a 35% increase from a year ago, and this proportion is expected to continue to rise until the epidemic reaches its peak in the third week of January.
According to the first vice-president of Spain’s National Security Council, this emergency-filled photo has been repeated across Spain. Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine (SEMES), In an interview with EFE, Pascual Piñera stressed that 10% of these patients end up in hospital and receive treatment. Insufficient beds have become the primary problem facing hospitals, with “nowhere to go” Place the patient. “
“It’s not a problem with the formwork, although they have to be updated, it’s a problem with the bed,” The professional, head of the emergency department at the Queen Sofia University Hospital of Murcia, who gave a detailed account of the patients, said: “There are young people with influenza pathology who go to the emergency room because the health center postponed their appointment, and more than half people”. 80 years old, suffering from pneumonia. Some people ended up hospitalized and some died due to the flu.
To avoid saturation of health centers and hospitals, Experts advise patients with flu, coronavirus not to go to emergency room Unless absolutely necessary because these viruses They continue to cause an annoying but common disease, For people who have not had the disease before, it is possible to fight the disease at home.
For this reason, doctors call on the public to take responsibility and Only go to the emergency room if a series of conditions occur affim:
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If the patient belongs to a vulnerable group, e.g. you drink, elderly anyone sick person Special offer.
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if you have feeling of lack of airsuffocation or difficulty breathing normally.
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if you have chest pain Accompanied by a violent cough.
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if you have High fever for 48 hours Regular medications won’t wear off.
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If you belong to a sensitive group, e.g. pregnantpeople Immunocompromisedpeople and heart diseasesuffering from disease chronicle anyone diabetes.