When should you seek medical attention if you have COVID-19? Sooner than you might think

Throughout the pandemic, Toronto emergency physician Dr. Lisa Salamon has seen a certain type of patient show up over and over — younger adults with COVID-19 who aren’t gasping for air and seem to be breathing fine.

That is, until medical teams check their oxygen levels.

“When they come in, their oxygen saturations are really low, but they have a larger reserve because they’re young and healthy,” said Salamon, who works with the Scarborough Health Network.

Some COVID-19 patients are even falling

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