Name: Watch what it's like to get tested for COVID-19
Uploaded: 2020-11-05T21:01:10.000Z
Duration: 1 min 59 s
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[Reporter: Christine Birak] Canadians are landing in emergency rooms asking if they have COVID-19.

The University Health Network showed us what happens next.

Hi, so we have a patient with a positive screening named Christine.

[Reporter] The screener share symptoms and travel history with a nurse who prepares to take a look.

Now the person that's being screened is supposed to sit about two meters from other people that are in the waiting room.

[Reporter] More questions followed by a quick exam.

The information then gets passed on to the doctor.

[Nurse] Then she or he will decide whether to do a swab or not to test for COVID.

[Reporter] After a quick check, the ER doctor makes the call.

A nasal swab goes down the throat or up through the nose.

[Reporter] Yes, it's startling but it's over in a moment.

[Reporter] The results take 24 hours but doctors urge people not to just show up in hospital.

[Dr. Erin O'Connor] We need to be very careful about is not over burdening the department, so that we can still look after the very sick people.

[Reporter] Staff are also preparing for those scenarios.

[Dr. Erin O'Connor] We also have been really running drills on the worst case scenario, which is that if a patient comes in with COVID-19 and is in a cardiac arrest situation.

[Reporter] It's a mannequin but in case you missed it, it exhaled, spraying workers like a patient.

Afterwards, UV light reveals how far germs can travel.

It's very stressful and anxiety-provoking.

[Reporter] Reminding everyone, as this outbreak evolves, proper precautions must be taken by health care workers and patients alike.