What a week it’s been — I’ve worked the past 10 days in 7 different ERs in NYC. Every site is figuring out their own version of PPE, testing capabilities, IT workflow, screening rules, approach guidelines; signs all of us are still deriving some kind of meaningful order out of all this chaos. Outside field tents are going up, corridors are being sealed, surge capacity has begun. And since I can’t ignore the elephant in the room, I’ve cancelled all travel and will not commit to any trips until this madness blows over, hopefully by the summer.
As per diem (having the flexibility to pick up shifts whenever + wherever I choose and when there is the greatest need in NYC), I‘ve ironically been working more shifts than I ever had expected to now that so many of my ER colleagues are already calling out sick or being furloughed due to exposure to COVID-19: The writing is on the wall…
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