Coronavirus Prevention with Karrie Austin
Karrie Austin at DispatchHealth explains how to protect ourselves from COVID-19 and alleviate fears.
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The following is a podcast from a qualified senior care provider part on the answers for elders radio show. And welcome everyone to answers for elders radio as we are doing some special segments on coronavirus, covid nineteen, and there’s a lot of fear in our communities right now and obviously we want to alleviate your fear. Obviously we need to keep ourselves safe and we are here with a wonderful special guest that can help you understand a little bit more about this monster in the world right now, coronavirus, Aka covid nineteen. Welcome to the show, Carry Austin from dispatch help. Carrie, welcome. Thank you. Thank you for having me. I am very glad you’re here because your credentials in your organization. Obviously we’ve got a lot of panic, especially in our communities, and obviously we’ve done a segment now on what is coronavirus, and that’s something I think that’s really important. But next thing I want to talk about in this segment how do we keep ourselves prevent you know prevention, you know what are things that we can do every day and we right now have a public service announcement that is going around and what I would love to do, Carrie, is talk to you about each one. And what does that mean? Because we just list it off a list. We only had a one minute thing. So number one tip from the North Shore Senior Center is skip the handshake. Fist bumps and an elbow bumps are better. Tell me why? Well, there’s no faster wave spreading something than by your hands. Hmm Right. So your hands. You know, every day you realize your hands are touching all kinds of surfaces, whether it’s your own face, your own mouth, your own nose. I’m guilty of it. Realizing, we all do, you right, moving your hair out of your face, but then you also realize that you’re touching doorknobs, you’re touching tabletops, you’re touching mouse pads. So you really are exposing yourself without even really knowing that you’re doing it, to door handles or handles, yes, public places. Obviously those are big things. So when we have we walk around with all this disease on our fingertips. Correct, obviously those are things. If we touch our face, that can enter the nasal cavity that you know, into our you know, inner into our system and so obviously just being mindful of you know, a fist bump is fine because you’re you’re using the back of your hand if you have to, if you have to do something. But the point is, for right now we don’t want to do that right. We don’t want to take those risks correct I mean it’s unnecessary at this point. I mean we can share how much we care about each other right through words, right, versus having to go in for that Hug without handshake, uh Huh. And really that just leads us to the number one thing you can do, knowing that your hands are one of the biggest vessels of transmitting you know, a virus, wash your hands. The CDC that is the number one thing you can do prevention is wash your hands, and that, I have is one of our tips. So talk about how to wash your hands so simply, just, you know, soap and water for at least twenty seconds. A lot of people will sing go through the alphabet a couple of times and that’s what and that’s how you know that you’ve made it all the way through for twenty seconds. But you know, it’s interesting. I would say most of us, when we wash our hands. Do not even go anywhere near that much. No, no, usually it’s that quick, two or three scond you know, the rest room and gravitwel and quick, you know, because I’m got to get back to whatever I’m doing. Yes, but I mean a vigorous twenty seconds with soap and water. And really this isn’t just after you use the bathroom, this is before you eat, before you’re, you know, using your hands to put something into your mouth. Anytime you’ve touched something in it in a public place and you have access to a bathroom or where you have running water and soap, wash your hands handjel. That’s an you know, and I know the scarcity of that right now with everyone buying it up. I’ve heard, though, you can miss your own. You can simply using a base of Ara and rubbing alcohol and rubbing alcohol. That’s what I’ve heard. And and really, if you can, some I think said do a drop of either eucalyptus or peppermint oil correct something like that. That helps Jell it together and I are like a a natural thing. Is that true? It is, and it also just makes it smell a little bit better, because they don’t allow rubbing alcohol does not have a very good smell to it. So really, and it’s so if you don’t see hand sanitizer, grab a bottle of rubbing alcohol. Probably you all have it in your home, and get some olive era and those are the things that you can put together. I know for me, I have I have dry skin in my hands and I always use there’s a there’s a hand cream that is also disinfecting, and I’m trying to remember, but I think there’s one on the market that actually is can help with a hand lotion that helps eliminate so that you put that on after you use the disaffectant. I’ve heard that you can do that as well if you yeah, and they have something similar in in the hospital setting as well. Right, I know, I’m totally like, my mind is going blank of what the brand is. Okay, number next one is use your knuckles. What does that mean? Well, again, you know your hand fingers. Yes, it’s that. It’s the palm of your hand, where you where you’re placing, where you’re touching. That’s what’s going to pick it up. If you’re going to pick up a virus, that’s where going to pick it up. So when you’re going to go to to the elevator and you’re going to push that button. What are you gonna do? Use Natural Knuckle, use your elbow. Yeah, if you have a pen in your purse, you can use the end of a pin in your nurse anything. Avoid just simply touching with your finger, because then you’re bringing that with you. And another thing that we talked about is when you’re pumping gas, carry some to disposable gloves in your car or just use a paper towel to just grab the pump instead of your bare hand. Is that correct? Yes, you can use, like you said, disposable gloves. If you have Napkins, a lot of people looking napkins in there, consopt the car or wet wipes. That will work just as well. And then almost every gas station that I that I’m aware of, has paper towels available for spills. Right when you’re cleaning your windshield, simply grab one of those. They’re free and you can use that, yeah, as a barrier. Yeah, so that’s those are all really good tips. So we are talking again to tear to carry Austin from dispatch help and dispatch help tell us a little bit about what you guys do. So we are a mobile urgent care service that will travel out to the home and and see you in your in your in the comfort of your home, versus having to go out and spend your time, and by time I mean several hours in an urging carriage and care or any our waiting room. Yes, and so it’s a great service. We provide lap capability these we have pharmacy capabilities. We have we really are we’ve basically taken the arm and mobilized it, if you will, and are able to bring it to you and you guys service. What area? Mostly so we are located in the Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia markets. HMM. So we are. Coverage area extends all the way up through evert and Marysville and then all the way down through tomb water current. Amazing, amazing. So you guys have an amazing service. So if you’re feeling like you need to be checked out and you’re concerned, this is a great option for our families today to just to have peace of mind, to call dispatch health and say, you know what, I got some flu symptoms, I’m not and we will get your contact information. At the end of this segment. So let’s talk a little bit about disinfectant. We talked a little bit about that. Tell me a little bit about how to use them, when to use them. I mean this is kind of a general thing, but you know, could you get me kind of an update on what what the best way, but best practices on that? Sure? So anytime anything is visibly dirty, anytime that you can you can actually see the dirt, that’s obviously the easiest way to determine that. You should probably that we should clean that and using it disaffected is ideal. But really it’s the surfaces that are going to come in contact with multiple people. So again, door knobs right do you need to be? I mean, I know it doesn’t hurt, but your own home environment, when it’s just you for the most part, are you and your family? Obviously your family’s coming in contact with other people. Obviously maybe your own area or your own home area should be more be more mindful. Is that correct? I mean, does that make play a part it? Does you want to? You want to make sure that anytime you have someone new into your home or, as you know, you’ve been out in a public arena and and you’re coming back into home, where you may be able to bring something with you, if you will write. Yes, wiping down just basic surfaces is probably as practice right and you know, me with with being the environmentally conscious person that I am, it’s really hard for me to use alcohol based so because it’s not great for our oceans. But sometimes you got to bite the bullet and I know the other day I actually got out, you know, windecks and I don’t know other commercial products that you know, the ammonia and all those things, because it is important. But you know, just doing things like that with a little bit of you know, I’m such a white vinegar person. Do a lot of cleaning that way, but it’s not white vinegars, not going to disin fact, and not to the level that we need it to this stage of the game. So you know, just add a little bit of clerics and there, you know, bleach or something like that when you’re doing things, and it doesn’t have to be strong, simple catful. Yeah, it’s a simple catful per gallon, I believe it is. Yeah, yeah, and again the CDC. If you go to the CDC, which a CDC DOT Gov, their website has everything you need to know about covid nineteen coronavirus, to include ways to help keep yourself safe and disinfect, not only in your home but out in the you know, in the community, in right in public arenas of people. And I’m just going to close with this. Obviously we want to cover our mouth, but the big thing is, if you don’t feel good, don’t go to work, stay home. This is not something. I mean a lot of people say, Oh, I’m fine, I need to go to work and I’m going to go to work anyway, and that’s what we don’t want to have happened. Is that correct? Correct? One of the top three guidelines from the CDC is if you in fact, if it’s not, number one is avoid close contact with people who are sick and then if you’re sick, stay home. HMM. So that means, you know, sourt of throat, it means a cold, it means a cough, it means, you know, a key, if your body is a key, anything like that, it’s you need to stay home. And especially right now with, with, you know, covid nineteen evolving, we’re seeing new information out every day, not only about how it’s transmitted but symptom you know, signs and symptoms and yes, you know. Fever, cough and shortness of breath are are the big three. But if you’re feeling any symptoms that are related to cold and flu right now, sharing is not caring. R’d like you to stay at home, wash your hands, cover that cough and then keep yourself safe. Another safe. So, Carrie, how do we reach to so dispatch health if you’d like you know, if you’d like to get ahold of us. You can find us on dispatch healthcom or calling us directly as probably the fastest way, and the phone numbers four to five, five, five, three, zero nine three seven. Again, four to five, five, three, zero nine three seven, and that gets you directly to our call center and they’re able to walk you through and get you in a point. Thank you so much and we’re going to be back with another segment at after this answers for elders radio show with Susan Newman. Hopes you found this podcast useful in your journey of navigating senior care. Check out more podcasts like this to help you find qualified senior care experts and areas of financial, legal, health and wellness and living options. Learn about our radio show. Receive our monthly newsletter. Receive Promotional discounts and meet our experts by clicking on the banner to join the Senior Advocate Network at answers for elders, radiocom. Now there is one place to find the answers for elders.
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Originally published March 08, 2020