BATTLE AGAINST THE DEADLY VIRUS. REPORTER: EVEN WITH THE VACCINATION ROLLOUT, THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 IS FAR FROM OVER. IT IS WHY EVERY PATIENT WHO LEAVES THE HOSPITAL OR NEVER EVEN HAS TO BE ADMITTED IS CELEBRATED AS A VICTORY. [APPLAUSE] >> W ARE PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM GETTING PROFOUNDLY ILL. IF YOU CAN D THAT AND THEY CAN GET BACK TO THEIR LIVES THAT IS WHAT MEDICINE IS ABOUT AT THE END OF THE DAY. REPORTER: DR. JOE FLYNN WITH NORTON HEALTHCARE IS PART OF A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS THATS BEEN WORKING WITH MONO-COLONAL ANTIBODIES FOR MONTHS. ALREADY THIS WEEK, 30 COVID PATIENTS WERE GIVEN THE DRUG 500 IN RECENT WEEKS, AND OF THOSE, ONLY 3 HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED. IN ORDER TO KEEP HOSPITALS AND STAFF FROM BECOMING OVERWHELMED DOCTORS SAY IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP NUMBERS LOW. NORTON HEALTHCARE REPOR 182 COVID RELATED HOSPITALIZATIONS. AT BAPTIST, 74, AND TO HEALTH SAYS THEY HAVE JUST UNDER 100. U OF L HEALTH, IN PART BECAUSE OF THEIR RENOWNED CARDIAC TEAM, IS FINDING THEMSELVES WELL EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH THOSE IN THE ICU. ECMO, OXYGENATING A PATIENTS BLOOD TO ALLOW THEIR LUNGS AND HEART TO HEAL, HAS ALREADY SAVED 5 LIVES THIS YEAR, ACCORDING T SURGEON MATTHEW FOX. >> AS SURGEONS WE DO NOT GET TO TREA COVID PATIENTS AS MUCH AS OUR CRITICAL-CARE CARE COLLEAGUES THAT SEE IT EVERY DAY THERE IT BEING ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE IN YOUR OWN WAY. REPORTER: BUT EVEN WITH ADVANCEMENTS BEING MADE DAILY, DOCTORS CAUTION THERES A LONG WAY TO GO. PREVENTATIVE MEASURES LIKE MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING MUST CONTINUE TO BE FOLLO >> WHEN WE STARTED IN MARCH AND APRIL WE WERE STILL TRYING TO INVENT THE WHEEL. WE MIGHT BE DRIVING A MODEL T BUT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. OUR TICKET OUT OF THIS IS THROUGH THE VACCINE. REPORTER: ANOTHER INCREDIBLE STEP, JUST AS INCREDIBLE AS MEDICINE, DR. FLYNN SAYS, IS THE MANPOWER. >> I LOVE SCIENCE. THAT IS WHAT I DO. THE THING THAT HAS BEEN TRANSFORMATIVE IS THE HUMAN REACTION AND WHAT PEOPLE HAVE STEPPED UP TO DO FOR OTHERS IS JUST SO UPLIFTING TO ME.
Which COVID-19 treatments are working at Louisville-area hospitals?
Updated: 6:58 PM EST Jan 28, 2021
Even with the vaccination rollout, the fight against COVID-19 is far from over. It's why every patient who leaves the hospital, or never even has to be admitted, is celebrated as a victory."We're preventing people from getting profoundly ill and they're quickly going back to their lives. That's what medicine's really all about at the end of the day," Dr. Joe Flynn, with Norton Healthcare, told WLKY.Flynn has been part of a team of researchers that has been working with monoclonal antibodies for months. Already this week, 30 COVID-19 patients were given the drugs. In recent weeks, that number was 500, and of those, only three had to be hospitalized. Flynn said it's critical to keep those numbers lower, so that hospitals and staff don't get overwhelmed.Currently, Norton reports 182 COVID-19-related hospitalizations, there are 98 at UofL Health, while Baptist Health has 74 COVID-19 hospitalizations.UofL Health, in part because of their renowned cardiac team, is finding themselves well equipped to deal with those in the ICU. ECMO, oxygenating a patient's blood to allow their lungs and heart to heal, has already saved five lives this year, according to surgeon Dr. Matthew Fox."As surgeons, we don't get to treat COVID patients as much as our critical care colleagues that see it every day, and being able to contribute in your own way is nice," Fox said.But even with advancements being made daily, doctors caution there's a long way to go. Preventative measures, like masks and social distancing, must continue."When we started in March or April, we were in the Stone Age, trying to invent the wheel now we might be driving a model T, but we've got a long way to go. Our ticket out of this is through the vaccine," Dr. Benjamin Klausing, an infectious disease specialist with Baptist Health, said.The development of multiple vaccinations signals an incredible step in the fight against COVID-19. But just as incredible as the medicine, Dr. Flynn said, is the manpower."I love science, that's what I do, but to me the thing that has been transformative is human reaction and what people have stepped up to do for others it's so uplifting to me, that's what I take from all of this," he said.Kentucky is currently in Phase 1B of the vaccination rollout. Area doctors suspect the greater population will not be vaccinated until late summer or early fall.
Even with the vaccination rollout, the fight against COVID-19 is far from over. It's why every patient who leaves the hospital, or never even has to be admitted, is celebrated as a victory.
"We're preventing people from getting profoundly ill and they're quickly going back to their lives. That's what medicine's really all about at the end of the day," Dr. Joe Flynn, with Norton Healthcare, told WLKY.
Flynn has been part of a team of researchers that has been working with monoclonal antibodies for months. Already this week, 30 COVID-19 patients were given the drugs. In recent weeks, that number was 500, and of those, only three had to be hospitalized. Flynn said it's critical to keep those numbers lower, so that hospitals and staff don't get overwhelmed.
Currently, Norton reports 182 COVID-19-related hospitalizations, there are 98 at UofL Health, while Baptist Health has 74 COVID-19 hospitalizations.
UofL Health, in part because of their renowned cardiac team, is finding themselves well equipped to deal with those in the ICU. ECMO, oxygenating a patient's blood to allow their lungs and heart to heal, has already saved five lives this year, according to surgeon Dr. Matthew Fox.
"As surgeons, we don't get to treat COVID patients as much as our critical care colleagues that see it every day, and being able to contribute in your own way is nice," Fox said.
But even with advancements being made daily, doctors caution there's a long way to go. Preventative measures, like masks and social distancing, must continue.
"When we started in March or April, we were in the Stone Age, trying to invent the wheel now we might be driving a model T, but we've got a long way to go. Our ticket out of this is through the vaccine," Dr. Benjamin Klausing, an infectious disease specialist with Baptist Health, said.
The development of multiple vaccinations signals an incredible step in the fight against COVID-19. But just as incredible as the medicine, Dr. Flynn said, is the manpower.
"I love science, that's what I do, but to me the thing that has been transformative is human reaction and what people have stepped up to do for others it's so uplifting to me, that's what I take from all of this," he said.
Kentucky is currently in Phase 1B of the vaccination rollout. Area doctors suspect the greater population will not be vaccinated until late summer or early fall.
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