A lack of personal protective equipment. Reductions in pay. Burnout. Those are among the challenges being faced by physician assistants during their battle against the coronavirus, according to a new survey.
Those are among the challenges being faced by physician assistants during their ongoing frontline battle against the novel coronavirus, according to. The survey took responses from 743 PAs over a 12-day period, according to the AAPA.
Dr. Jonathan Sobel, senior administrative director of advanced clinical providers at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York, praised the versatile work of PAs, noting that 10% of survey respondents had changed practice settings.Trump says he's taking hydroxychloroquine, the drug he touted as coronavirus treatment
The AAPA noted:"In most states, PAs are required to have and maintain a relationship with a specific physician in order to practice." Governors in Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Louisiana, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Virginia signed executive orders effectively waiving that restriction, according to the AAPA.
“I think the survey is really vital because it shows that we're absolutely on the frontlines taking care of patients and that, in many areas, they were utilized in a way that helped the pandemic come under control," Sobel said.Here's how America is reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic.More than 650 of the nearly 700 practicing respondents to the question “How worried are you about the health of you and your family?” said they were at least “slightly worried.
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