Case study
This case study provides a real picture of what happened at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, due to COVID-19. We have been introduced to the character, John, who worked at the hospital and his lack of knowledge about the disease meant that everyone like him was caught off-guard by the effects of the disease. It is indeed a sad situation as more patients have been described as being wheeled to the hospital, which had full capacity and still had no solutions. The pressure that the disease had on the health sector as immense, considering that there were also rumors of the health staff at the hospital recycling PPEs. Recycling PPEs compromises the safety of both the healthcare workers and the patients receiving the care. Hence, the case study reveals what happened at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, which discusses the COVID-19 pandemic, the intervention measures using Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), and Chloroquine. The case study finishes with questions on the next step to take to tackle the pandemic successfully.
At the end of this activity, learners will be able to describe the issue from the perspective of those on the ground. The learners shall also analyze the impacts of COVID-19 and appraise the response given to the pandemic by the health practitioners at the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. The disease is caused by a novel virus that has ravaged all world economies from the strongest to the weakest. The learners are able to learn the adaptive strategies used by hospitals and health systems across the world. From the perspectives of the health staff on the ground, the pandemic is hard to treat since it is a novel situation.
The learners shall able to explain the environment in and around the healthcare systems in the midst of a pandemic using the perspective of a hospital. The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, bore the brunt of COVID-19 by being filled to filled capacity. Despite the situation, no concrete solution to the disease was coming up as the health staff battled the disease. With more patients arriving at the healthcare center, the symptoms were becoming much more familiar, albeit a lack of the overall solution. The health staff was now getting used to treat the symptoms but at huge costs. The learners shall relate the symptoms to the recommended solutions. Since the two drugs, Hydrochloroquine and Chloroquine, had shown promise in some patients, it was still too early to moot them as the ultimate solutions. The environment around a pandemic involves great fear and confusion.
In the end, the learners will be able to address the adaptive strategies around a pandemic situation by defining, identifying, and examining them better. Since the disease is caused by a novel virus, there are no specific scientific methods to deal with it. However, we are seeing the healthcare services providers using the available resources to ease the situation. The available resources in this case center on the use of existing drugs that have been studied before to work on specific symptoms. It is the symptoms that the health staff is trying to treat as they look for solutions. However, the danger of being overwhelmed The Mount Sinai Hospital remains a major issue. The risk of the health facility being unable to treat the patients is serious since the rate of recovery is quite slow. This has forced the hospital to stop offering other healthcare services that treat other diseases. If Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, is having major issues with an influx of patients, and it is the best, what about other hospitals? The learners will understand that this is a sobering reality.