Search results for "Coronavirus"
Huddling for camaraderie at night
The purpose was simple: Enjoy a favorite beverage in the comfort of your home and join a video meeting to discuss topics pertaining to COVID-19, ranging from guidelines to the impact of the pandemic on families.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/huddling-at-night.htm
15 Nov 2020
The face of COVID
To me, this was COVID-19 showing its ugly “face” as a formidable virus that is difficult to manage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/the-face-of-covid.htm
15 Nov 2020
Did you sign up for this, too?
I will absorb this sorrow. However, I find myself wondering: Why are others of you still here?
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/did-you-sign-up.htm
15 Nov 2020
People, not problems
The pace, the stress, the facelessness behind masks, and the lack of any real chance to connect made the patients blur together in my mind like never before.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/people-not-problems.htm
15 Nov 2020
Goals of care
The family confirmed that she was indeed a full code because she did not want to die of COVID.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/goals-of-care.htm
15 Nov 2020
Loss in the time of COVID
My mother's hospital had decided to all halt all visitors to protect the patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/loss-in-the-time.htm
15 Nov 2020
First day on service
Don't worry, I'm only mostly scared/Both for me and for you.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/first-day-on-service.htm
15 Nov 2020
Comfort measures only
I will never forget the 56-year-old woman who was admitted to our intermediate care unit with COVID-19 pneumonia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/comfort-measures-only.htm
15 Nov 2020
August 5, 2020, New York City
My hopes for no new COVID-related admissions are shattered today when the night intern presents a patient, a taxi driver, with a classic pathology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/august-5-2020-nyc.htm
15 Nov 2020
Maria and her mother
Occasionally, as I pulled the door closed behind me, leaving her alone in darkness again, I heard her phoning her daughter, Maria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/maria-and-her-mother.htm
15 Nov 2020