{"id":806643,"date":"2020-04-21T17:50:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T23:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=382057"},"modified":"2020-04-21T17:50:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T23:50:28","slug":"vail-health-clinic-tests-48-people-for-coronavirus-on-its-first-day-of-testing-in-summit-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/vail-health-clinic-tests-48-people-for-coronavirus-on-its-first-day-of-testing-in-summit-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Vail Health clinic tests 48 people for coronavirus on its first day of testing in Summit County"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Testing-SDN-042220-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Testing-SDN-042220-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Testing-SDN-042220-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Testing-SDN-042220-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Testing-SDN-042220-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Testing-SDN-042220-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Laine Swierkosz, a registered nurse in Vail Health\u2019s cardiovascular clinic, adjusts her personal protective equipment as a patient waits outside in their vehicle for coronavirus testing at Howard Head Sports Medicine in Silverthorne on Tuesday, April 21. Drive-up testing is available Tuesdays and Thursdays by appointment, and nurses and emergency medical technicians are rotating shifts to accommodate anywhere from 50-100 patients per day.<\/strong><br \/><em>Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>SILVERTHORNE \u2014 Nearly 50 people in Summit County were tested for the new coronavirus Tuesday at Vail Health\u2019s testing clinic at Howard Head Sports Medicine in Silverthorne.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All 48 time slots for Tuesday were booked before the weekend started, according to Shaneis Kehoe, who oversaw the clinic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t had a schedule booked like that before,\u201d Kehoe said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a record for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Thursday, the team plans to double the appointments and offer 96 tests. As of Tuesday afternoon, 20 people already had booked appointments for the second testing day, she said. With just one day completed, Kehoe said that it\u2019s too early to tell whether the facility will open for more than just Tuesdays and Thursdays.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"row sd-donation sd-donation-mobile p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/sdn-banner-paypal.jpg)\" class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=mid-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The new testing clinic is thanks to a partnership between Vail Health and Summit County, which reached out to the Eagle County hospital to ask for help after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/summit-county-partners-with-vail-health-to-dramatically-expand-local-coronavirus-testing\/\">the county struggled to keep up with demand<\/a>. The Vail Health facility is the fourth testing location available to Summit County residents. Testing also is offered at St. Anthony Summit Medical Center, the Summit Community Care Clinic and through Stadium Medical\u2019s mobile testing program, though testing criteria at the sites may differ.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As of Tuesday morning, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/no-new-coronavirus-cases-or-hospitalizations-tuesday-in-summit-county\/\">265 people had been tested in Summit County<\/a>, a fraction of the 2,292 people who have been tested in Eagle County. Gov. Jared Polis said he expects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/colorado-gov-polis-says-he-expects-eagle-county-will-be-the-first-in-the-state-to-reopen\/\">Eagle to be the first county<\/a> in Colorado to lift stay-at-home orders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Until Tuesday, Summit County has been saving tests for people with moderate to severe symptoms as well as health care workers and first responders. The Vail Health clinic allows for people with mild symptoms to be tested without a doctor\u2019s note, which could speed up the timetable for easing restrictions in the county\u2019s public health order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to be deploying the exact same strategy in Summit today as we\u2019ve done up and down this valley since March 4,\u201d said Chris Lindley, who is leading Vail Health\u2019s COVID-19 task force. \u201cAnybody with any type of symptoms that could be tied with COVID-19, we are going to test.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Testing-SDN-042220-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-382028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Testing-SDN-042220-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Testing-SDN-042220-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Testing-SDN-042220-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Testing-SDN-042220-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Testing-SDN-042220-3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Jake Mogerman, an emergency medical technician at Vail Health\u2019s cardiovascular clinic, walks outside to test a patient for the new coronavirus at a drive-up location outside of Howard Head Sports Medicine in Silverthorne on Tuesday, April 21. Testing is available Tuesdays and Thursdays by appointment, and medical staff is rotating shifts to accommodate anywhere from 50-100 patients per day, testing every 5 to 10 minutes.<\/strong><br \/><em>Liz Copan \/ <a href=\"mailto:ecopan@summitdaily.com\">ecopan@summitdaily.com<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The overall consensus of the staff working Tuesday was that people being tested were experiencing mild to moderate symptoms, Kehoe said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms of the virus are broad, so testing everyone who might be experiencing them is critical, Vail Health CEO Will Cox said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just the fever and cough that was originally reported,\u201d he said. \u201cAs we\u2019re learning about this virus, we\u2019ve always taken the stance, we don\u2019t want to limit the scope of capturing everybody. We want to broaden it as far as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the key requirements for lifting restrictions is a 14-day decrease of positive cases, Summit County Public Health Director Amy Wineland said. Because there is no vaccination or cure for the virus, testing is key to being able to get to that point.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout having more broad-based testing available, we weren\u2019t really going to have a true understanding of what the virus is doing in our community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Cox said that Vail Health is eager to help any community get to a position to open back up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way these communities have come together to help one another is probably the most significant positive from a negative that I\u2019ve ever experienced in my career,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/vail-health-clinic-tests-48-people-for-coronavirus-on-its-first-day-of-testing-in-summit-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laine Swierkosz, a registered nurse in Vail Health\u2019s cardiovascular clinic, adjusts her personal protective equipment as a patient waits outside in their vehicle for coronavirus testing at Howard Head Sports Medicine in Silverthorne on Tuesday, April 21. Drive-up testing is available Tuesdays and Thursdays by appointment, and nurses and emergency medical technicians are rotating shifts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-806643","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-13 10:01:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}