Cardiac patients who flatline will not be taken to area hospitals for further care, according to a new directive handed down as the city battles the rise in coronavirus cases. The new orders from the Regional Emergency Medical Services Council of New York City say that “no adult non-traumatic or blunt traumatic cardiac arrest is to be transported to a hospital with manual or mechanical compressions in progress" unless the person’s heart restarts at the scene.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

Tucked away in the corner of his office, Dr. Richard Saint Syr has created a little treatment station. On the bottom shelf of his bookcase, hidden behind one of his pictures, is an ultraviolet light the size of his forearm, two N95 masks and some goggles. The light he bought from Amazon a few days back after he was hit with a realization.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kitsap Sun

Hospitals are seeing early success giving hydroxychloroquine to patients with COVID-19. Now, Henry Ford Health System wants to see if the drug can prevent the virus. The health system and the city of Detroit are launching the first research trial in the nation in which healthy people are given hydroxychloroquine.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MLive.com

Following national and international trends, Clark County Fire District 6 personnel saluted medical professionals Wednesday night with lights and sirens outside Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center. The parade of fire apparatus was a thank you to nurses, doctors and supporting staff for their tireless work during the COVID-19 outbreak.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2020 7:45:32 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

An early morning fire destroyed an abandoned school building in Granger Thursday. Crews with Yakima County Fire District 5 reported to the 1000 block of Liberty Road at 3:20 a.m. for a report of a structure fire. The building, which was built in the 1940s as the Liberty School, was about 50% involved in fire when firefighters got to the scene.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2020 1:55:47 PM - SOURCE: Newsradio 610 WIOD