What to Expect in A Covid-19 Fema Camp

Video Transcript:

You are at the Islequah isolation and quarantine site where people come to recover from COVID illness or to quarantine from COVID symptoms. So if you were to come to the isolation and quarantine center, you would probably be transported by our Metro team. They are especially equipped. You'll pull right up to the hotel main entrance. A nurse would come out to get you. They would be dressed in their PPE as we do for all of our admits. When I introduce myself, I introduce myself who I am and what my role is and that I am assigned to you and I am your personal nurse for the day. They're going to explain that we're really going to kind of go straight into the room and then get you a lot more information. Most people will be in quarantine for somewhere between 10 and 14 days. Our medical team will do an initial check of your vital signs and your symptoms to make sure we understand how to best serve you while you're here. We know how difficult it is to come to a place for length of time and not be with your support system and your family or your loved ones. You're always going to have medical care. You're always going to have someone to talk to in behavioral health, so a counselor. And you're always going to have somebody at the front desk if you need something. What we're trying to build here is just a supportive environment that really promotes whole persecutor. You get breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They're going to deliver it to you by knocking on the door and then they'll back up and give some space while you're able to pick it up. All the rooms have Wi-Fi. They have televisions. We have a number of books and games and puzzles that we can offer to people. We have a behavioral health team that as soon as you're admitted, they start working on your discharge plans. They'll help you figure out where exactly you're going to go after this. And then same thing, that Metro is going to pick you up and then take you on your way. Families, couples, individuals. If you're a traveler, if you're a person experiencing homelessness, those are all people who we've been able to help. This is a place for our community, for people to come and recover. And when you come here, you're going to feel safe, you're going to feel comfortable, you're going to feel like you have a place where people care about you, and then you can get the care you need and the rest you need to recover. Collectively, the sites have had over 700 people quarantined for the period that they needed. I had a guest tell me that he felt like he was healing mentally and physically here. It felt nice to hear that.