University of Michigan: Latest COVID surge ‘hammers ER workers’ - WDIV ClickOnDetroit
ANN ARBOR – At the start of the year, Michigan Medicine’s emergency department had hardly any COVID patients coming in.“It marked a sudden departure from where we had been,†Brad Uren, a physician at Michigan Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine, Brad Uren, said in a news release.“People were staying home, people were isolating and masking, we were distanced,†Uren said in a release.“We are used to operating in challenging times,†Uren said in a release.Another concerning factor: COVID patients at Michigan Medicine are increasingly getting younger.Emergency visits for COVID in the hospital’s pediatric population has also seen a 10-20% bump, according to Michigan Medicine.“We’re seeing a rise in pediatric COVID, many in the young adolescent age group, possibly driven by transmission due to school-based athletic sports,†section chief of pediatric emergency at Michigan Medicine C.S.