The blood from recovered coronavirus patients could provide help not only for current patients but health care workers as well.
Jeremy Chen reports.
THE VIRUS.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER.....JEREMY CHEN SHOWS US...HOW BLOOD DONATIONS CANHELP....IN THE FIGHT AGAINST...COVID-19.DOCTORS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO USEA VARIETY OF METHODS TOEFFECTIVELY TREAT CORONAVIRUSPATIENTS- BUT ONE PROCESS USINGTHE BLOOD OF RECOVERED PATIENTSMAY BE AN ANSWER- BUT THEY'LLNEED THEIR BLOOD DONATIONS TOFIND OUT.THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19CONTINUES IN HOSPITALS ALLAROUND THE VALLEY- WITH DOCTORSUSING VARIOUS METHODS TO TREATPATIENTS.ONE PROCESS IS CONVALESCENTPLASMA- WHERE ANTIBODIES FROMRECOVEREDPATIENTS ARE USED.IF WE CAN COLLECT THAT PLASMA,THE LIQUID PART OF BLOOD FROMPATIENTS THAT HAVE RECOVERED,THAT CAN BE USEDTHERAPEUTICALLY IN PATIENTSTHAT ARE SICK WITH THE DISEASE.DOCTOR MARC J.KAHN IS THE DEAN AT THEU-N-L-V SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.HE SAYS CONVALESCENT PLASMA MAYBE AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT-BASED ON STUDIES OF SIMILARDISEASES LIKE SARS.HE SAYS THE PRIORITY WOULD GOTO TREATING PATIENTS FIRST-BUT COULD BE EXPANDED TOPROVIDE PROACTIVE PROTECTIONFOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS IF ITWORKS.IT WOULD ALLOW US TOCOMFORTABLY, GO OUT ON THEFRONTLINES AND TAKE CARE OFWITH A LOCAL BLOOD CENTERVITALENT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.THE CENTER'S MEDICAL DIRECTORSAYS THE FORMER PATIENTS CANMAKE A DIFFERENCE.THEY'RE NOW COMING IN, BEINGABLE TO POTENTIALLY SAVE UP TOFIVE LIVES EVERY TIME THEY COMETO DONATE.SHE ALSO SAYS IT'S A RELATIVELYSAFE PROCEDURE.IT'S VERY SAFE SO THERE'SMINIMAL SIDE EFFECTS.DOCTOR KAHN SAYS HE ENCOURAGESDONATIONS- TO HELP THE WIDERCOMMUNITY.THE FIRST TIME A PATIENTDONATES PLASMA, THAT PLASMA ISGOING TO STAY RIGHT HERE IN LASVEGAS TO TREAT LASVEGAS PATIENTS.IF YOU HAPPENED TO BE ARECOVERED CORONAVIRUS PATIENTAND ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING ADONATION- WE HAVE THE DETAILSAVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITEK-T-N-V DOT COM.JEREMY CHEN 13 ACTION NEWS.DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW...A POLICE SHOOTINGINVESTIGATION....
(Part 1 of 2) With millions of people out of work and losing their health insurance during the worst pandemic in a century, we..
