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Demovictory9

(32,324 posts)
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 05:08 PM Apr 2020

Retired NYPD sergeant with coronavirus drops dead on Manhattan street hour after leaving hospital

Source: nydaily news

Retired NYPD sergeant with coronavirus drops dead on Manhattan street hour after leaving hospital

A retired NYPD sergeant left an Upper East Side hospital after he was diagnosed with coronavirus — and was found dead about an hour later on the street outside, police sources said Tuesday

Yon Chang, 56, was at Lenox Hill Hospital early Tuesday and told an NYPD cop there he had just been diagnosed with the deadly virus.

He left a short time later only to collapse up the block on the traffic island at Park Ave. and E. 77th St. about 6:05 a.m. He died at the scene.

The city medical examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine his cause of death.

Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-retired-nypd-sergeant-dead-on-street-20200407-mpi5qghzargk5hiybixbfm23pu-story.html

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Retired NYPD sergeant with coronavirus drops dead on Manhattan street hour after leaving hospital (Original Post) Demovictory9 Apr 2020 OP
It could have been a heart attack due to anxiety. Decades ago I worked in the ER at.... George II Apr 2020 #1
sad. we need stress techniques in times like these Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #3
Remember to breathe & that all things pass. Do what you can, don't worry about the rest. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #6
Excellent! How do I bookmark your post for future reference? warmfeet Apr 2020 #16
Use the Permalink to click (beside Link here in lower left of post) giving you this: Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #18
Valium works with me. LiberalArkie Apr 2020 #8
I found that Valium makes me MEAN. canuckledragger Apr 2020 #12
It really helps me with my back muscle pain and anti anxiety. LiberalArkie Apr 2020 #14
that stuff made turned into a raving bitch yellowdogintexas Apr 2020 #23
Takosubo TNNurse Apr 2020 #13
A couple of hours after he was admitted the unit sent his chart and personal belongings.... George II Apr 2020 #15
My 41 yr old son died of a massive heart attack after "severe indigestion". SharonAnn Apr 2020 #19
I'm sorry for your loss. n/t area51 Apr 2020 #25
I am so sorry. emmaverybo Apr 2020 #26
Thank you for that story. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #27
If so, would cause of death be classified as COVID-19 or heart attack? ecstatic Apr 2020 #30
read somewhere that the virus... dhill926 Apr 2020 #2
Yes it can indeed. Probably what did that 17 year old. LiberalArkie Apr 2020 #9
hey trump, is that close enough to 5th ave? - n/t Locrian Apr 2020 #4
Very sad! Thekaspervote Apr 2020 #5
Wasn't CvD-19 probably. paleotn Apr 2020 #7
Heart Damage in COVID-19 Patients Puzzles Doctors IronLionZion Apr 2020 #10
Probably myocarditis with fatal arrhythmia elias7 Apr 2020 #11
This seemed to have happened quite a bit in Wuhan at its peak. hedda_foil Apr 2020 #17
Sad. RIP. DarthDem Apr 2020 #20
Still remember video of Wuhan sometime in December or January with people dhol82 Apr 2020 #21
Shades of the 1918 flu Lord Ludd Apr 2020 #22
The 1918 flu would literally turn lips and extremities blue and skin black. roamer65 Apr 2020 #28
My Mom had relatives taken out by the 1918 flu. Progressive Jones Apr 2020 #29
New York Times, Feb. 1, 2020: dalton99a Apr 2020 #24

George II

(67,782 posts)
1. It could have been a heart attack due to anxiety. Decades ago I worked in the ER at....
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 05:14 PM
Apr 2020

....at that very hospital. Around midnight we had a man come in thinking he was having a heart attack. The doctor ran all the tests and found nothing.

Turns out he had a big, spicy meal earlier and was probably just bloated with gas.

To be safe, the doctor admitted him anyway - that made him REALLY anxious. Even though he had no history of heart problems, two hours later he died of a heart attack. They say it was from anxiety and worry.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,788 posts)
6. Remember to breathe & that all things pass. Do what you can, don't worry about the rest.
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 05:48 PM
Apr 2020

Get rid of hate and replace it with cold loathing, which is just as determined but is a calm emotion. Hate amplifies stress and attacks rationality.

Sometimes distractions help, like entertainment or games or cooking, etc. But they can't be a crutch for too long. If other stress reduction techniques are being used, then those activities and work and housework will be more effectively done and more effective at reducing stress.

Integrate stress reduction into everything you do for maximum synergistic effect.

There is some utility to worrying as an incentive to tuning in and thinking. Of course, it is important to stay in touch and read and watch and listen to news. It is something you can do. It is hard not to worry while listening to the news.

It is possible to listen to the news calmly and taking it all in. Do some research until you understand it well to some level, however shallow or deep, as suits you. Then sort out what you can do and do it. Let the rest go. Really. It works.

For example: Do you have a relative suffering that you can't reach or help directly? (from disease or economic stress or worry) Call them, help as you are able with money or even just with empathetic words and information. Help them understand. Don't worry that you can't be there, because you can't. Accept the fact and feel peace that you have done something, done what you can.

Don't fret about what you can't do or control.

It takes practice but you get good at it by doing.

Do it by changing what you can, accepting what you can't change, and thinking about the difference (thinking some, but not too much).

canuckledragger

(1,632 posts)
12. I found that Valium makes me MEAN.
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 06:50 PM
Apr 2020

I have chronically crappy sleep for a variety of reasons, tried Valium a while back as a remedy and found it didn't do a thing but make me dopey, thick-headed and feeling real mean when it wore off.

No true restorative-type sleep with that stuff.

LiberalArkie

(15,686 posts)
14. It really helps me with my back muscle pain and anti anxiety.
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 06:56 PM
Apr 2020

Yea it does have all that, I don't take it often. A bottle of 30 lasts me about 3.5 months.

yellowdogintexas

(22,119 posts)
23. that stuff made turned into a raving bitch
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 10:54 PM
Apr 2020

after taking it for a couple of weeks, she stopped because she decided she did not like herself at all.

George II

(67,782 posts)
15. A couple of hours after he was admitted the unit sent his chart and personal belongings....
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 06:58 PM
Apr 2020

...down to the ER. I asked why, and they said he expired. We were all shocked. He was basically a healthy man (and not that old) who just had a essentially a severe case of heartburn/indigestion.

Sad.

SharonAnn

(13,767 posts)
19. My 41 yr old son died of a massive heart attack after "severe indigestion".
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 07:44 PM
Apr 2020

It wasn’t indigestion, it was the signs of a heart attack.

LiberalArkie

(15,686 posts)
9. Yes it can indeed. Probably what did that 17 year old.
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 05:55 PM
Apr 2020

A lot of the Covid deaths may be logged as heart attack

elias7

(3,976 posts)
11. Probably myocarditis with fatal arrhythmia
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 06:28 PM
Apr 2020

Myocarditis is when the virus invades the heart muscle itself causes inflammation and damage. Apparently coronavirus has been causing cases of pericarditis, myocarditis, congestive heart failure and arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation. Some viruses do that.

This is also a rare but real complication of other viruses such as Coxsackie virus infection.

hedda_foil

(16,368 posts)
17. This seemed to have happened quite a bit in Wuhan at its peak.
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 07:41 PM
Apr 2020

I remember even seeing videos of individual bodies lying on empty streets.

dhol82

(9,351 posts)
21. Still remember video of Wuhan sometime in December or January with people
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 08:23 PM
Apr 2020

staggering and then collapsing on the sidewalks.
It was scary then and now, even more so while happening in NYC.
Not living in good times.

Lord Ludd

(585 posts)
22. Shades of the 1918 flu
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 10:47 PM
Apr 2020

According to historical accounts, some people caught the flu while riding the bus & died before reaching their stop. Perhaps an exaggeration, but many died the same day they got infected.

roamer65

(36,739 posts)
28. The 1918 flu would literally turn lips and extremities blue and skin black.
Wed Apr 8, 2020, 03:02 AM
Apr 2020

It was a nasty, nasty bug.

Progressive Jones

(6,011 posts)
29. My Mom had relatives taken out by the 1918 flu.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:16 AM
Apr 2020

She hadn't even been born yet. This was on her Father's side of the family.

Her oldest Uncle's family was taken out. He was the only survivor.
It took his wife, 3 kids, and his Mother In Law.

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