the lungs or anywhere. if you don t take care of them early on, it can spread to the blood and immune system goes after the infection and releases these mediators that attack every organ. by mistake the immune system will go after kidneys, liver, heart, something we call multisystem failure and eventually it s going to go into septic shock and any doctor that has seen this, knows what i m talking about. the patient is confused. there s fever. blood pressure fall because there s not enough fluid in the system. the heart rate is up. on the monitor you see 120, et cetera, time is of an essence. if you waste time and you go through the whole differential diagnosis, you can lose the patient. you have to give fluid immediately. get control of the airway. make sure there s iv antibiotics and you can save lives. it kills many every year.
any kind of infection in the body, whether it s a urinary tract infection or in the lungs, anywhere. if you don t take care of them early on, this can spread to the blood. then the immune system is going to go after the infection, releases all these mediators. they start attacking every organ. they re going to go by mistake, after the kidneys, liver, heart. something we call multisystem failure. eventually, it s going to go into septic shock. any doctor who has seen this knows what i m talking about. the patient is confused, there s fever, the blood pressure falls down because there s not enough fluid in the system, the heart rate is up. you see 120 heart rate, et cetera, time is of the essence. if you waste time and go through the whole differential diagnosis, you can lose the patient. this is septic shock. you have to get fluid immediately, make sure there s iv antibiotics and you can save lives. sepsis kills about 200,000
welcome back. everyone. the coroner completed an autopsy on cory monteith. toxicology texts may delay a ruling on a cause of death. the 31-year-old s body was found in a vancouver hotel room saturday. fans created a memorial for monteith placing flowers and notes outside the motel. randy travis is now awake and getting better after a surgery for a stroke. travis is on a ventilator but interacting with family and friends. he s been in the hospital for more than a week developing a heart infection. could putting off retirement cut your risk of alzheimers? a french study says yes. they looked at the health and
a train in toronto. historic rains overwhelmed the city s drainage system and submerged the rail line. police had to go out in boats and pull the commuters out one by one. the cleanup in canada continues this morning and tens of thousands of customers remain without power. the country singer randy travis is in critical condition at a texas hospital this morning. the 54 year old is being treated for a viral heart infection. travis apparently had been feeling fine until sunday, according to a spokesman. it s not clear what caused his infection. there are fears of renewed violence in egypt today with funerals set for some of the mohamed morsi supporters who were killed in monday clashes with security forces. at the same time, egypt s interim leader is moving forward with election plans, angering backers of the deposed president morsi. following all this from cairo, another potentially violent day out there in cairo.
of people, roads shut, mass transit shut, and all of it happening, as you said, at the start of the evening rush, about 4 p.m. is when the rain started to fall. commuter trains were stranded forcing the toronto police marine unit to use small boats to get to the trains, allowing those workers there to pull people through the train windows and get them to safety. as for the power outages, about 300,000 people lost power across the greater toronto area, and officials said they don t know exactly when they ll be able to get power restored for everybody. there is more rain in the forecast for today and also for tomorrow, jon. and then a nice dry stretch where, hopefully, things will be able to dry out ask and get back the normal. back to you. jon: get those pumps working in the subway, that s for sure. rick, thank you. jenna: well, singer randy travis now in critical condition after being diagnosed with a heart infection known as acquired viral cardiomyopathy. how common is this disease? w