(it's not) Only the FluDavid has been a registered nurse in the ER since 2016 and was a paramedic for seven years before that.
How is it only July? How was Tiger King only FOUR MONTHS AGO? So much has happened this year; so much has changed since this virus entered our lives. In a short amount of time, life as we know it has changed. We added new terms to our daily vocabulary: “PUI” and “social distancing,” just […]
It was the end of the day when it happened. I had only triaged about 60 patients–a slow day shift, compared to the 120 patients we had been accustomed to handling. Slow as it was, I noticed I showed more concern for each patient; “is this one COVID positive or just maybe seasonal allergies?” I […]
We have learned a lot about this virus since it was first discovered a few months ago. However, because it is so new, clinical guidelines are not easy to come by. Much of the information I’ve been able to find are anecdotal accounts from individual practitioners. This isn’t how medicine is supposed to work. I […]
How I went from thinking COVID-19 was media hype to taking it deadly seriously