KTSM - June 29, 2020
A solution to the ventilator shortage across the country could be right here in El Paso. TTUHSC El Paso and UTEP have developed a low cost ventilator. They are using 3-d printing technology. They say that the mechanical ventilator is the size of a shoe box.
KVIA - June 29, 2020
Hospitals are concerned about a possible shortage of ventilators as more Americans require treatment for COVID-19, the novel coronavirus disease that can cause life-threatening respiratory problems such as pneumonia. a collaboration between Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso and the University of Texas at El Paso could help solve the problem. Using 3d printing, the team of physicians and engineers have developed an innovative, low-cost ventilator for the health care sector. Scott Crawford, M.D., associate professor and director of TTUHSC El Paso’s Training and Educational Center for Healthcare Simulation, is helping lead the initiative to manufacture the shoebox-sized devices.
KVIA - June 29, 2020
One psychiatrist with Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso says guns could give people a sense of control amidst the uncertainty that has come with the pandemic. "No one really knew what was going on," Dr. Fabrizzio Delgado said. "No one really knew how to treat it and no one really knew how long it's going be. We still don't know. That was the reason why so many people were feeling a sense of fear, a sense of loss of control." Dr. Delgado says the trends in sales do not surprise him, but he believes they will stabilize soon as more businesses reopen and the world feels more like it used to.
Telemundo - June 29, 2020
Las clínicas de Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso habían estado operando a través de citas de telemedicina desde el mes de marzo. Las clínicas de Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso dieron a conocer que ya se encuentran operando para recibir citas regulares en persona, además de las citas de telemedicina. Desde el pasado mes de marzo, las clínicas de TTP El Paso han atendido a sus pacientes a través de servicios de telemedicina como medida de seguridad durante el brote local del coronavirus (COVID-19). Durante las visitas de telemedicina, los pacientes y los médicos utilizan un enlace de video seguro para realizar la cita.
KDBC - June 29, 2020
The medical clinics run by Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso are now taking in person appointments yet again. During the pandemic, they were only seeing patients via telemedicine services.
El Paso-Herald Post - June 29, 2020
Officials with Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso announced Monday that their clinics are now open for regular, in-person appointments in addition to telemedicine appointments. Since March, TTP El Paso clinics have cared for patients through telemedicine services, as a safety precaution during the local COVID-19 outbreak.
KVIA - June 29, 2020
UTEP and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso have created ‘The Texas Breather.' it's a low-cost ventilator that could be used here in El Paso.
UTEP - June 26, 2020
The “Texas Breather”: TTUHSC El Paso and UTEP Develop a Low-Cost, 3D-Printed Ventilator for Hospitals. Luis Ochoa, a manager at the W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation at UTEP in The University of Texas at El Paso's College of Engineering, holds a finished Texas Breather.
KVIA - June 26, 2020
ABC-7 at Noon sat down with Dr. Blake Busey of Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso to discuss ways for families to stay in shape and safe this summer.
KVIA - June 26, 2020
Local college students and staff are encouraged to give blood if they can. The blood drives are taking part on the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso and UTEP campuses. The colleges have a goal of gathering 100 pints of blood.
UTEP - June 25, 2020
RT @UTEP: Using 3D printing, a team of physicians and engineers at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (@TTUHSCEP) and UTE…
El Paso Herald-Post - June 25, 2020
TTUHSC El Paso, UTEP develop ‘Texas Breather,’ low cost, 3D-printed ventilator for hospitals
El Paso Herald-Post - June 25, 2020
TTUHSC El Paso, UTEP develop ‘Texas Breather,’ low cost, 3D-printed ventilator for hospitals
El Paso Herald-Post - June 25, 2020
A collaboration between Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso and the University of Texas at El Paso could help solve the problem. Using 3D printing, the team of physicians and engineers have developed an innovative, low-cost ventilator for the health care sector.
KTSM - June 25, 2020
A collaboration between Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso and the University of Texas at El Paso could help solve the problem. Using 3D printing, the team of physicians and engineers have developed an innovative, low-cost ventilator for the health care sector.
KTSM - June 24, 2020
Albertsons awards grant to help TTUHSC El Paso students
El Paso Matters - June 24, 2020
As El Paso businesses and activities have reopened during the continued spread of COVID-19, Dr. Armando Meza, chief of infectious diseases at Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso, sheds light on how to cautiously navigate life amid the pandemic. El Paso Matters asked Meza a variety of questions about what people should be looking out for now that summer is here and more people are leaving their homes to participate in a variety of activities.
University of Texas at El Paso - June 23, 2020
UTEP, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, New Mexico State University, El Paso Community College and Doña Ana Community College are uniting efforts to encourage the community to donate blood and save lives. A combined goal of 100 pints of blood is set for a two-day blood drive that will take place on the UTEP and TTUHSC El Paso campuses.
El Paso Community College - June 23, 2020
Calling all Tejanos to help save lives! Participate in an upcoming blood drive June 25 and 26 from noon - 6:00 p.m. at the UTEP El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center and June 25 from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. at the TTUHSC El Paso Academic Education Classroom 211. Make an appointment at vitalant.org or call (877) 258-4825. #EPCCpride
KTSM - June 23, 2020
Albertson’s Companies Foundation is making a donation that will help local medical students affected by the pandemic. The $1,500 donation to Texas Tech University Health Sciences El Paso for their student frontline emergency fund. The fund will help students facing financial hardship because of the pandemic with essential expenses. TTUHSC El Paso says the donation will ensure students stay in school
KFOX - June 23, 2020
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso announced a $1,500 contribution from the Albertsons Companies Foundation to the university’s Student Frontline Emergency Fund. “The Student Frontline Emergency Fund assists TTUHSC El Paso students who are unable to meet immediate, essential expenses due to temporary hardship or unforeseen emergencies related to the COVID-19 pandemic,” TTUHSC El Paso officials shared.
El Paso Herald-Post (twitter) - June 22, 2020
Albertsons Companies Foundation Gives $1,500 Grant to Help TTUHSC El Paso Students
KTSM - June 22, 2020
Albertsons Companies Foundation donated $1,500 to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso for their Student Frontline Emergency Fund. The fund assists TTUHSC students who are unable to meet immediate, essential expenses due to temporary hardship or unforeseen emergencies related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund provides financial help to students serving in our local hospitals as part of their clinical rotations. Many students at the university relay on outside work — often service industry jobs — to pay for their education and support their families. The financial crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic made it difficult for some students to complete courses and clinical rotations.
El Paso Herald-Post - June 22, 2020
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso announced a $1,500 contribution from the Albertsons Companies Foundation to the university’s Student Frontline Emergency Fund. “The Student Frontline Emergency Fund assists TTUHSC El Paso students who are unable to meet immediate, essential expenses due to temporary hardship or unforeseen emergencies related to the COVID-19 pandemic,” TTUHSC El Paso officials shared.
El Paso Herald-Post - June 20, 2020
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC El Paso), New Mexico State University, El Paso Community College and Doña Ana Community College are uniting efforts to encourage the community to donate blood and save lives. A combined goal of 100 pints of blood is set for a two-day blood drive that will take place on the UTEP and TTUHSC El Paso campuses.
El Paso Matters - June 17, 2020
While El Paso hasn’t had any reported cases of a rare multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with COVID-19, health experts advise parents to be on the lookout for related symptoms. Dr. Gilbert Handal, a longtime El Paso pediatrician certified in infectious diseases and critical care and professor of pediatrics at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, said the syndrome is very infrequent, but can pose serious health risks if not treated immediately.
KVIA - June 16, 2020
A local psychiatrist is raising concerns about mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Fabrizzio Delgado, the Psychiatrist Consult Chief with Texas Tech Health Sciences Center El Paso, said he is seeing an increase in patients for emergency mental health concerns. These cases can include patients with self-inflicted injuries, as well as patients brought in after concerns among family members or police.
El Paso Herald Post - facebook - June 15, 2020
JPMorgan Chase Market Executive Ruben Hernandez. “TTUHSC El Paso and our future health care heroes are an integral and growing part of the community, and we’re honored to help support them during this time of need and uncertainty.”
El Paso Herald Post - twitter - June 15, 2020
Chase $5k Donation to help TTUHSC El Paso Students during COVID-19 Pandemic
El Paso Herald Post - June 15, 2020
Monday morning, Texas Tech University Sciences Center El Paso officials announced a $5,000 contribution from JPMorgan Chase & Co. to the university’s Student Frontline Emergency Fund. “JPMorgan Chase remains committed to helping the El Paso community,” said JPMorgan Chase Market Executive Ruben Hernandez. “TTUHSC El Paso and our future health care heroes are an integral and growing part of the community, and we’re honored to help support them during this time of need and uncertainty.”
KRWG Radio - June 9, 2020
Many COVID-19 patients who have died from the virus have had underlying conditions. To better understand how issues like diabetes and obesity may impact the body, we spoke with Dr. Anthony Catinella, Chair of Family Medicine at Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso. Dr. Catinella also breaks down why patients with diabetes and obesity may face more serious conditions with the coronavirus. He also shares what research shows are the best practices one can implement to fight the spread of COVID-19.
El Paso Inc. - June 8, 2020
When I received the email asking me to write a piece about “successfully balancing life while working from home during the pandemic,” I was at home on the phone with one of my trainees, looking down at a mess of toys on the floor as my two small children played. All the while, my to-do list for work and home was growing and growing.
KVIA - June 5, 2020
Health experts warn the threat of the pandemic is still very real. Many parks opening up. Dr. Armando Meza, infectious diseases expert with Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso, recommends following social distance practices.
KTSM - June 4, 2020
Local mental health experts say It is important to open up the lines of communication with children as life slowly returns to normal. According to experts, parents should start talking to children about the changes they can expert when they go back to school. In order to ease any anxiety, Dr. Melanie Longhurst with Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso says it is also important for parents to know a lot of the time kids may act different.
Lubbock’s 90s country and more - June 4, 2020
3D printers from the College of Architecture at Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University at El Paso that would have been used by students for final projects now are being used to help health care workers get the PPE they desperately need.
El Paso Matters - June 4, 2020
El Paso hospitals and physicians, looking for a delicate balance between social distancing, patient care and maintaining their personal protective equipment supply, are tapping into the power of telemedicine during the COVID-19 outbreak. Nationally, according to analysts at Forrester Research, telemedicine or virtual health-care visits are on pace to pass 1 billion by the end of 2020.
“Telemedicine is proving that this is helping to reduce the use of PPE, which is in such shortage,” Dr. Diego De La Mora, chief health informatics officer at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, said. “We have to establish whether or not to triage a patient. A person may say they have symptoms that compare to COVID-19 and they don’t know whether or not to come in. I’m able to take their medical history and observe whether to bring them into the hospital. Telemedicine allows us to find the best path for a patient.”
KVIA - June 4, 2020
The governor's announcement will allow virtually all business to open up at 50-percent capacity with limits. Dr. Armando Meza, an infectious disease expert with Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso, says that though our economy is reopening, it is not an excuse to relax safety measures. For anyone not feeling well, he says it is not the time to go out.
KTSM - June 3, 2020
Dr. Fabrizzio Delgado, a psychiatrist with Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso, says it is important for families to make sure seniors do not feel alone. According to experts feeling isolated can create depression. They say the best thing you can do is reach out.
El Paso Matters - June 2, 2020
A dramatic decline in visits to emergency rooms has health officials worried that El Pasoans are not seeking the care they need for fear of contracting COVID-19. Delaying care could have dire consequences. Officials at University Medical Center said there has been a 40 percent reduction in typical emergency room visits since the pandemic reached El Paso in March.
El Paso Herald Post - facebook - June 1, 2020
Local COVID-19 survivors encourage plasma donation Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Vitalant - El Paso
“Convalescent plasma remains in short supply and donations would help to treat more patients admitted to hospitals in our community.”
Forbes - June 1, 2020
A hospital in El Paso recently partnered with the Metaculus Pandemic Project, hoping to find answers to critical questions related to peak infections of COVID-19 so they could plan for resource allocation. Dr. Richard Lange, the president of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, remarked that the results were “magic.”
The platform accurately predicted, among other things, the day of the first peak in infections in El Paso as April 26—and it was off by only a day, when most models created by experts predicted Texas infections to peak in May, according to Dr. Lange.
El Paso Herald Post - June 1, 2020
Fear of the unknown can make what seems like an insignificant decision turn into an arduous undertaking. The COVID-19 pandemic has been stress-inducing to the collective consciousness of the world, not only because of fear of infection, but fear of what could come next.
For Alan and Patty Russell, community leaders and local supporters of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, a positive result from an antibody test for COVID-19 supplied assurance rather than fear.
If you are a faculty or staff member or student of TTU, TTUHSC, TTUHSC El Paso or ASU and think you may have COVID-19 (coronavirus), Email us ElpCovidResponse@ttuhsc.edu or call 915-215-SICK(7425) to speak with a nurse.
