Thread by @DavidLat, As a recent #coronavirus/#COVID19 patient, I'm always interested in voices from the [...]

David Lat

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As a recent #coronavirus/ #COVID19 patient, I'm always interested in voices from the other side of the treatment line - from the nurses and doctors who just brought me back to life.

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I found this piece especially fascinating - the story of an anesthesiologist with terrible asthma who puts himself at great personal risk to perform intubations on #coronavirus/ #Covid_19 patients: https://wapo.st/2JH6bq3

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’You’re basically right next to the nuclear reactor.’

“It’s a powerless feeling, watching someone die”: An anesthesiologist on the frontline of coronavirus outbreak

https://wapo.st/2JH6bq3

In the same genre: "Pandemic ER: Notes From A Nurse In Queens" (thanks to @Georgiarybanks for bringing to my attention). The first episode is great, esp. the hilarious "f**k off" riff near the end.

https://bit.ly/3e7Dy3o

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Pandemic ER: Notes From A Nurse In Queens

From Transom’s Samantha Broun: Kate O’Connell is a radio producer who studied at our nine-week Story Workshop in Woods Hole. She’s also a [...]

https://bit.ly/3e7Dy3o

It answered a question I wondered often during my 17-day hospital stay: these nurses HAVE to be annoyed by/angry at some of these terrible patients, right? Answer: yes.

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But you'd never know it, because the nurses were unfailingly polite and calm, never losing their patience with patients (even that awful guy who rang the call bell every 5 minutes).

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