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We re losing them. reporter: military discipline helps in a crowded hospital, and so did military training for specialist steven prokniak who saw a patient who wasn t breathing on the floor. after standing back for a minute or so, one of the doctors said, hey, do you know cpr? i said, yes, i do. he said, great, glove up, get in there. reporter: he was resuscitated and he went back to work transporting patients. it is a mission for which the guard is ready, even if it is not a mission they ever imagined. dr. eric dickson, the ceo of umass memorial said if there is any positive aspect to look at now, is that omicron tends to blow through quickly. they look for the next few weeks to be terrible, but after that they think it will improve. the challenge is you have to get through the next two to four weeks. there is an urgent need right now. but hopefully it won t last ....
Life. eric: that is where we listen to his advice, and, first topic this morning, has to do with smoking. do you still smoke? or just recently quit? the doc has advice to get a ct lung scan. doctor, why get that, and especially if you quit. it is very important. a few weeks ago a saw a patient of mine who had been a heavy smoker years ago, and he hadn t smoked in ten years. but, prior to that, he smoked two packs a day. all his chest x-rays had always been normal and i persuaded him to go for a ct scan of the lung. that showed a small, early cancer. we operated on it, we saved his life. now, there is a new study out that people who are smokers or who have been heavy smokers any time in the past, should have a ....