AU Health has heroes on the frontline and beyond– they’re known as Hospitalists.

AUGUSTA, GA. (WJBF)- “We’re the first care suppliers to your hospitalization and our aim is to assist navigate you thru your care throughout that busy and tough time and in order that’s what we’re right here to assist out with.”

A hospitalist’s duties can vary from a Doctor’s Assistant, diagnosing diseases and creating therapy plans, to Nurse Practitioners who’re in a position to deal with a affected person and not using a physician’s direct supervision.

In the course of the pandemic, AU Well being cared for greater than 3,500 covid sufferers.

“So the work that we do is, we take care of sufferers with covid after they’re admitted from the emergency room, up till they’re discharged or if they’re sadly have to enter the ICU setting and we’ll cross them off to our ICU colleagues.”

At a time the place workers and work was onerous to come back by, AU Well being employed seven hospitalists. 

Since then, 30 physicians and 11 Superior Observe Suppliers have been employed. 

“As a result of we’re such a younger subject, typically we have now to show and type of present your worth and, and, rapidly we might present our price. Um and so, to have the ability to develop and maintain and retain– our expertise has simply been simply superb and that’s one thing you possibly can’t actually quantify.” 

However, Dr. Walsh says it actually does take a village.

“It’s not simply us, it’s our nursing colleagues, it’s our respiratory remedy colleagues, it’s all people down throughout environmental service. Colleagues who work collectively to care for a affected person with covid and we’d like all of these individuals.”

Hospitalists say, now, they’re seeing a lesser quantity of covid circumstances however they may proceed to implement security protocols and supply therapy for many who do check optimistic.