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\f0\fs26 \cf0 FOLKS TRAVEL TO BE WITH LOVED ONES OF TRAINS, PLANES AND AUTOMOBILES, YOU
COULD ALSO BE EXPOSED TO UNWANTED GERMS.\ >> >>AMITA: THE HOLIDAY SEASON BRINGS GOODIES
AND GIFTS AND FLU VIRUSES AND MISHAPS.\ UC SAN DIEGO EMERGENCY DR.\'a0THOMAS TOMASZEWSKI,
THE FLU SEASON HAS NOT OFFICIALLY STARTED YET BUT ER ROOMS TRUD TRADITIONALLY ARE THE
FIRST TO SEE FLU OUT BREAKS.\ DO YOU HAVE ANY PREDICTIONS, WHAT KIND OF
SEASON?\ >> >>: I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL BUT WE'VE
SEEN A FEW CASES, CALIFORNIA IS SPORADIC ON THE MAP, BUT OTHER STATE HAVE GONE FULL FORCE
WITH CASES.\ WE'LL PROBABLY TAKE OFF IN DECEMBER MAYBE
JANUARY OR FEBRUARY TEMPT IT'S COMING.\ >> >>AMITA: TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T COME,
WHAT SORT OF PRECAUTIONS CAN PEOPLE TAKE TO AVOID THE FLU AND WHO IS AT MOST RISK FROM
THE FLU?\ >> >>: THE PRECAUTION IS REAL EASY.\
GET YOUR FLU SHOT.\ IMMUNIZATION IS MOST OF THE BATTLE.\
YOU WANT IT BY GETTING IMMUNIZED, AND GETTING HAND CLEANSING.\
WE ARE EXPOSED TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK ALL THE TIME, DO WE END UP GET SICK AND TAKING
IT HOME? NO, BECAUSE WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ROOM HAS AN ALCOHOL DISPENSER.\
>> >>AMITA: HOW BUSY ARE EMERGENCY ROOMS DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND WHEN WHAT CAN YOU TELL 350E7
ABOUT HOW TOO WEST TO NAVIGATE THEIR WAY?\ >> >>: I DON'T WANT TO DISSUADE PEOPLE FROM
WHENNING TEE SEE ME, BUT ON THE HOLIDAYS USUALLY WE DON'T GET A LOT OF CASES.\
PEOPLE ARE TENDING TO TO THE FAMILY OR THE SHOPPING AND AS THOSE ACTIVITIES END THEY
START THINKING ABOUT THEMSELVES OR THE ILLNESS THEY PUT OFF.\
A LOT OF\ 'S OFFICES AREN'T CLOSED, SO WE SEE A BIG
SURGE IN CASES.\ RIGHT THE DAY RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAYS AND
THE NEXT DAYS AFTER THAT.\ >> >>AMITA: WHO SHOULD NOT VISITED THE ER?
PEOPLE YOU WOULD DISCOURAGE FROM DOING SO?\ >> >>: IF YOU HAVE A SIMPLE M VI RL ILLNESS
LIKE A COLD AND YOU'RE YOUNG AND HEALTHY YOU DON'T HAVE COEXISTING ILLNESS THERE'S NOT
A LOT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR YOU.\ TAKE SOME OVER THE COUNTEDDER MEDICATION AND
WAIT A COUPLE HOURS AND SEE IF YOU FEEL BETTER.\ IF YOU'RE GETTING WORSE, IF YOU'RE HAVING
CHEST PAIN, YOU CAN'T KEEP STUFF DOWN, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY COME ON IN. AND THAT DOESN'T HOLD
IF YOU'RE IN A HIGH\uc0\u8209 RISK GROUP, THEN YOU SHOULD COME IF YOU DON'T FEEL WELL.\
>> >>AMITA: WHAT TYPES INJURIES DO YOU SEE AROUND HOLIDAY SEASON?\
>> >>: WE'VE GOT A PERFECT MIXTURE, FAT, SUGAR, ALCOHOL, EXCESS CALORIES, SO WE'RE BOUND TO
SEE INCREASES IN HEART DISEASE AS FLUID BILT BUILDS UP IN PEOPLES LUNGS.\
HEART ATTACKS HAVE BEEN NOTED TO GO UP RIGHT U AROUND THE HOLIDAY SEASON, A FEW DAYS AFTER
THE HOLIDAY, AND THEN THERE'S ALWAYS THE WANNA BE JULIA CHILD WHO DECIDES THEIR ARE GOING
TO COOK SOMETHING UP, SO WE DON'T WE SEE PEOPLE TRYING TO CUT SOMETHING IN THEIR PALM GLUNCHTS
ROUND THE HOLIDAY SEASON, PEOPLE VISITING VISITING RELATIVES WHEN THEIR YOUNG KIDS AND
PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE YOUNG KIDS SO THEIR HOMES MAY NOT BE CHILD SAFE.\
WHAT SORTS OF INJURIES ARE YOU SEEING AS A RESULT OF THIS AND WHAT CAN BE DONE U BOW
ABOUT IT?\ >> >>: YOU'RE DISRUPTING NORMAL ROUTINE, SO
THEY CAN GET INTO THINGS YOU NEVER IMAGED. WE'RE SEEING PROBLEMS WITH THESE LAUNDRY PACKETS
OR PODS THEY LOOK PRETTY, ARE MULTI\uc0\u8209 COLORED, CAN BE FOR WASHING YOUR CLOTHES,
IF A CHILD GETS IN THOSE, THEY CAN CAUSE BREATHING PROBLEMS WEAVER HAD KIDS LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS
AND END UP ON VENT LATER.\ >> >>AMITA: SO THE IDEA IS TO KEEP THAT STUFF
STORED HIGH AND AWAY FROM CHILDREN AND SO WHAT ARE YOU TELLING PEOPLE?\
>> >>: DO AN ASSESSMENT.\ IF YOU'VE GOT LITTLE ONES, IS YOUR HOUSE CHILD
SAFE.\ MAKE SURE YOU DO JUST TOUCH BASE WITH THE
HOST AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY HAZARDS THERE.\ SENIORS PUTTING THEIR PILLS OUT OR LOSING
THEM JUST ONE CARDIAC MEDICATION OR MEDICINE CAN CREATE HAVOC IN A TWENTY\uc0\u8209 POUND
TODDLER.\ >> >>AMITA: WHAT ABOUT ACETAMINOPHEN?\
>> >>: KIDS PR PRETTY VE RESILIENT.\ WHEN MOST CHILD ACETAMINOPHEN, THEY DRINK
THE WHOLE THING.\ THE ERROR WE SEE WITH KIDS REPEATED DOSING
OF HIGH AMOUNTS.\ SO MAKE SURE YOU CHECK TWICE, YOU KNOWER,
MEASURE TWICE, CUT ONCE, WHEN YOU GIVE CHILDREN MEDICATION.\
WE'VE SEEN ERRORS IN OVERDOSING.\ >> >>AMITA: WHAT ABOUT CHILDREN BEING VACCINATED
FOR THE FLU? WE'VE HAD A SHORTAGE OF VACCINES FOR THE FLU, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING THIS.\
>> >>DWANE: R YEAR?\ >> >>: THIS YEAR WE'RE DOING OKAY.\
GO GET IT.\ Y SO FAR WE'VE GOT A GOOD SUPPLY.\
THAT INCLUDES PREGNANT N.\ YOU DO THAT BY YOU GETTING THE FLU VACCINE
SO THEY HAVE THE IMMUNE BODIES AGAINST THE FLU.\
>> >>AMITA: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING TO US TODAY VMENTD.\
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