Get better doc.
Just got back to station. Medic call to local urgent care in neighboring Township for chest pain/altered mental status, 74 female.
Get there, 74 female, alert and oriented. Positive for rona, cold s/sx only, no resp. distress or chest pain, only chest discomfort with breathing/coughing, pulse ox 98%, stable vitals, clear lung sounds, medical h/x of stuff.
No family, urgent care doc called PCP, PCP orders ED eval.
Pt. states: I don't see people, I have 5 vaccines, including pneumococcal, all of it, I wear masks, how did I get sick and why can't urgent care treat me?
Great question. This is why EDs are busy, this fucking bullshit. Its not the ladies fault. Urgent care could most likely give that anti-viral Phizer is pushing secondary to pre-existing medical issues/plague positive. No, ship her to ED.
Bold move cotton. Let's see how this plays out.