What to Do When You're Diagnosed With COVID-19
Channel: Stony Brook Medicine Healthy Libraries Program
Date: 2021-04-08

Let HeLP walk you through how to care for yourself after testing positive for COVID-19, diagnosis, from how to properly quarantine, to how long you’ll test positive after you’re symptom-free, to whether you should get vaccinated after having COVID-19. (Hint: You should!)

00:19 — Learning objectives
1:13 — Who should get tested?
1:45 — Types of available tests
2:17 — Symptoms of COVID-19
2:51 — Recommendations for a positive test
3:52 — Who is at increased risk for severe illness?
4:49 — When to seek emergency medical attention
5:30 — Quarantine vs. isolation
5:55 — Effective quarantining
9:14 — Quarantine resources
10:31 — Ending quarantine
11:22 — COVID-19 and the COVID vaccine
11:57 — Contact tracing
15:00 — How long will you test positive?
15:22 — Potential long-term effects of COVID-19
17:48 — Can you contract COVID-19 again?
20:15 — Current COVID-19 statistics in Suffolk County
21:00 — COVID-19 testing in Suffolk County
24:18 — Support groups in Suffolk County
25:11 — Resources available in Spanish
25:26 — Q&A
33:25 — All about HeLP
34:10 — Get in touch with us!

Click here to view the PowerPoint slides:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cGFOr1kmZX13f10WtvycA0oITqrBA5bd/view?usp=sharing

Questions? Feel free to reach out to us!
Email: Healthy_libraries_program@stonybrookmedicine.edu 
Phone: 631-216-8220

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https://publichealth.stonybrookmedicine.edu/healthy_libraries_program 

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The Stony Brook Medicine Healthy Libraries Program (SBMHeLP) is a partnership between the Public Libraries of Suffolk County and a unique group of healthcare professionals and graduate student interns from the fields of social work, public health, nursing, nutrition, and library science, working together to provide access to in-person and virtual healthcare-related resources for public library patrons throughout Suffolk County. This partnership looks to enhance the health and well-being of Suffolk County residents through library programming, collection development and dissemination of information on current health topics impacting our communities.