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This Sun was my last day of >5 weeks of attending on our inpatient COVID teams @sloan_kettering. Caring for patients w COVID+cancer has been one of the most humbling experiences of my life. I haven’t said much about it b/c I didn’t have the right words. @darakass said it for me. https://twitter.com/yahoolife/status/1263218411955421185
Some reflections now that I’ve had a little time to decompress:
1. My colleagues (MDs, RNs, NPs, PAs, PCTs, phlebotomists, rad techs, janitors, etc.) are incredible. Each willingly risked their health to care for others. No extra $ for OT/hazard-it was just the right thing to do.
1. My colleagues (MDs, RNs, NPs, PAs, PCTs, phlebotomists, rad techs, janitors, etc.) are incredible. Each willingly risked their health to care for others. No extra $ for OT/hazard-it was just the right thing to do.
2. Being able to help in a privilege. Never compromise your clinical skills, even outside your specialty. You never know when that may save a life. I’m so grateful to every single person who trained me from @Cornell @DukeMedSchool @DukeMSTP @MGHMedicine @sloan_kettering.
3. Loss of control and isolation are two of the hardest parts of illness, even at the best of times. These are not the best of times. We need to be creative and resourceful in how we include families/caregivers/friends/supporters in care while maintaining physical distance.
4. This community is stronger together than we are divided. Too often, research is seen as a competition. In the face of a new disease, we pooled experiences to rapidly adapt + optimally care for pts. We taught each other in real time. Why stop now? Why limit this to COVID?
5. We are in this for the long haul. COVID isn’t going away soon. We need to take care of ourselves and our colleagues. Check on each other. Support each other. Don’t assume that others are coping as well as you may be. This is likely the most important marathon of our lives.
