Global Pandemic: Using Physician Assistants In Coronavirus Fight

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🗓️ 9 June 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Physician assistants are stepping up in the fight against coronavirus as many hospitals continue to face staffing shortages. Some medical professionals say PAs are not qualified to treat coronavirus patients, while others say PAs only step into roles that they are properly trained for. FOX’s Trey Yingst speaks with Scott Stegall, the President of ‘PAs for Tomorrow,’ on how PAs are adapting to the needs of the medical system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.3	I'm Greg Gutfeld. I'm Tammy Bruce and this is the Fox News rundown.
0:36.0	Tuesday June 9th, 2020. I'm Trey Inks. Some organizations are lobbying against physicians assistants working on the front lines in the fight against coronavirus,
0:48.0	while others are advocating for the right to practice medicine.
0:52.0	Every PA that I was able to get an answer from had experience in ICU and Intensivist
0:58.3	care and emergency rooms and pulmonary care. So they were well qualified to be a forced multiplier in
1:07.3	this high-risk COVID situation.
1:10.1	This is the Fox News rundown, global pandemic.
1:15.0	Many American hospitals were overwhelmed in the early days of COVID-19,
1:21.0	though now numerous doctors have been laid off due to the
1:24.4	economic fallout of the pandemic. The developments have sparked a debate
1:28.1	between organizations about whether or not Physicians Assistance
1:31.6	should be allowed to be recruited for
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