Dr. Max Lazarus, a medical resident at a hospital on Long Island, N.Y., is one of some 130,000 medical residents in the U.S., many of whom have found themselves on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.Dr. Max Lazarus, a medical resident at a hospital on Long Island, N.Y., is one of some 130,000 medical residents in the U.S., many of whom have found themselves on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.In the U.S.
Lin already knew how to manage a patient on a ventilator, when to adjust the settings, what to do if the person's kidneys needed help."Every person that rolled in: tubed, unstable, respiratory failure, COVID ... anyone, young, old," he says."It was just a deluge." Day after day, Lin had the unsettling experience of leaving the hospital unsure of whether his efforts to help patients actually made a difference."It has just been incredibly disheartening," he says.
The pace is different too. She can't rush to a patient's bedside without first putting on layers of protective gear:"That immediacy is such a part and parcel of ICU care, typically."Before working in the ICU with COVID-19 patients, Brucato made sure to remind her husband of her own medical wishes. "Now is the time that we most need those protections," says Plasencia, a resident at a hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y."Because residents are really at the forefront doing so much of this work, they are in very large numbers becoming ill."
Khan is a psychiatry resident in his first year, known as an internship, at Yale New Haven Hospital. Suddenly his rotation coincided with a surge of COVID-19 patients. Khan is much more comfortable working with coronavirus-infected patients since those early days of the pandemic in Connecticut. But he recognizes the psychological toll of caring for these sick patients, often being the only connection between them and their families.
For many residents, the legacy of the coronavirus may be the emotional weight of so much unmitigated loss.
What stress... Most Hospitals are only at 60 and 70% capacity. Most are cutting hours/laying off staff. Even NY never reached max capacity, Gov Cuomo even stated that on Nation TV.🤔
Medical residents work 80 hours a week for $60k a year - that's $15/hour for one of the most difficult, highly skilled jobs in the US. We need to get our priorities straight.
WHY BE FORCED TO THINK THOUGHTS OF SICKNESS WHEN YOU ARE NOT SICK..
Wah. Try being a trainee doctor 30 years ago
Now don't tell me. Another reason to continue to strangle the economy?
Actually, aren’t very few hospitals under stress from crowding? NYC included where the navy ship and added beds on land went unused...
anyone else ready for a revolution?
Pandemics have a way of creating unprecedented stress. If it's too hot in the kitchen, may want to find another job.
Mistreated by patients and their families. The customer is not always right.... for every customer service occupation. Knock that shit off.
What is it that people expect when they start a job? Rose pedals? Grow up.
This pandemic has magnified the mental stress of 800k legal iMmigrants from India. SenatorDurbin ‘s block on S386 is forcing us to wait 100yrs for a green card. If 3% of us die, 24,000 families will need to be deported after waiting 10yrs. SenateDems holdDurbinAccountable
Hospitals and other HealthCareFacilities need to change their procedures to better address the needs of EssentialWorkers fighting this virus. Helpallyrf before helping others. AskingForHelp = StrengthNotWeakness
Evergreen story.
Many thanks to those who are on the front lines working to keep us all safe. Hope that being appreciated helps.
It is only MAY 2020! Do we have to deal with orange 🍊 dude ...EVERY DAY ....for the remainder of this year?
Hospital CEO’s like most CEO’s don’t give a good flying fuck about the stresses and workplace dangers of their workers. It’s all about those finance reports.
My heart goes out to our healthcare workers. Staying my ass home for them.