UPMC doctors and public safety officials are preparing to provide medical care and manage public safety as the NFL draft approaches in Pittsburgh. “Our goals are to maintain excellent emergency and even routine care on the site in the draft footprint. But we’re also preparing at the hospital level to take care of all kinds of surge of patients,” said Dr. Leonard Weiss, associate professor of emergency medicine at UPMC and medical director for Pittsburgh Public Safety. Field hospitals will be set up at several locations, with the main one stationed in Point State Park. Additional facilities will be located at the draft theater and Acrisure Stadium, while public safety officials and staff will be present in Market Square and the Strip District. “We’ll have about five different stations that will have physicians, nursing staff and paramedics specialized in emergency care. We will also have our sports medicine colleagues helping for any sort of athletic injuries,” Weiss said. Doctors are advising residents with appointments near downtown to keep them but to remain cautious about closures and traffic patterns. For expectant mothers, Weiss said arrangements will be made to ensure their safety and care. “We have two excellent OB centers in our town. We would make arrangements to get them to the appropriate facility, make sure the mother and the baby are taken care of. But we’ll be prepared to take care of whatever happens on site, make sure they’re stable, and then we’ll move them when able,” Weiss said.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
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UPMC doctors and public safety officials are preparing to provide medical care and manage public safety as the NFL draft approaches in Pittsburgh.
“Our goals are to maintain excellent emergency and even routine care on the site in the draft footprint. But we’re also preparing at the hospital level to take care of all kinds of surge of patients,” said Dr. Leonard Weiss, associate professor of emergency medicine at UPMC and medical director for Pittsburgh Public Safety.
Field hospitals will be set up at several locations, with the main one stationed in Point State Park. Additional facilities will be located at the draft theater and Acrisure Stadium, while public safety officials and staff will be present in Market Square and the Strip District.
“We’ll have about five different stations that will have physicians, nursing staff and paramedics specialized in emergency care. We will also have our sports medicine colleagues helping for any sort of athletic injuries,” Weiss said.
Doctors are advising residents with appointments near downtown to keep them but to remain cautious about closures and traffic patterns.
For expectant mothers, Weiss said arrangements will be made to ensure their safety and care.
“We have two excellent OB centers in our town. We would make arrangements to get them to the appropriate facility, make sure the mother and the baby are taken care of. But we’ll be prepared to take care of whatever happens on site, make sure they’re stable, and then we’ll move them when able,” Weiss said.
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