Penn State Health doctor on front lines of outbreak talks about experience

WGAL News
By Susan Shapiro
March 26, 2020 6:43pm

HERSHEY, Pa. — Hospitals in the Susquehanna Valley are caring for patients with COVID-19. An infectious disease specialist at Penn State Health described what she's experiencing.

“This is like nothing I've ever seen," said Dr. Catharine Paules.
Paules is on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak.
Four people are hospitalized at Penn State Health with COVID-19, and others are suspected of having the virus.

Paules said she witnessed patients become critically ill very quickly.
"One minute someone will be just talking to you on no oxygen. The next second they might be requiring full ventilator support," she said.

Oxygen and ventilation are the current therapy.
The drug remdesivir is considered to have promise, but doctors don't know if it works. Penn State Health will soon be part of a clinical trial.

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