Emergency Room: The Covid Diaries
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsEmergency Room: The Covid Diaries, is a true-life look behind the headlines first-hand account of what it was like behind the scenes at a major American hospital as the Covid-19 pandemic swept through the United States as seen by nurses and doctors who dealt with the unprecedented crisis every day.Told through the eyes of Guy Maddison, a Registered Nurse at a level one trauma center in Seattle, Washington, Emergency Room tracks the on-the-ground medical response as the virus arrived on US shores. We learn about the massive operations required to protect healthcare workers and the public from the disease, the personal fears and anxieties of patients and staff, and what went right and what went horribly wrong.Anchored by journalist Matthew Hall, who steers us through the often harrowing and sometimes humorous journey asking the questions medical and epidemiology newbies want to know and help explain why this story remains as relevant today as April 2020.
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Emergency Room: The Covid Diaries Episode 7
June 02, 2022 07:00 - 53 minutes“The Pandemic is Over!” The pandemic is not over. The hosts of Emergency Room:The Covid Diaries would like to celebrate as much as some other people and elected leaders and governments in the United States reporting that Covid-19 is done but we prefer to look at the facts and figures regarding the virus and report back that there is much work to do. In this episode we meet Dr John Lynch, an Infectious Disease doctor and the physician responsible for Covid protocols and employee health at Ha...
Emergency Room: The Covid Diaries Episode 6
February 24, 2022 08:00 - 39 minutesEmergency Room: The Covid Diaries, is a true-life look at what it was like behind the scenes at a major American hospital as the Covid-19 pandemic swept through the United States. The podcast introduces us to executives and frontline healthcare workers to learn about the tough decisions they had to make everyday and the challenges they faced in every moment in an unprecedented crisis. Episode Six introduces listeners to Berhane Kelit, a Hospital Assistant and Lift team specialist, whose job...
Emergency Room: The Covid Diaries Episode 5
January 12, 2022 08:00 - 50 minutesAs Omicron sweeps the world Guy and Matthew speak with Darcy Jaffe, a Senior Vice President at the Washington State Hospital Association responsible for Safety and Quality. Darcy discusses how collaboration, cooperation, and communication across hospitals has increased COVID safety and what safety in a hospital really means. We discuss how rural hospitals have met the challenges of COVID and the serious risks when a neighboring state has a different response to COVID and drains local resource...
Emergency Room: The Covid Diaries Episode 4
November 05, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutesEPISODE 4. Building on the success of the previous 3 episodes, in episode 4 we meet Sommer Kleweno Walley, CEO of Harborview Medical Center. She takes us through the early response to Covid 19 at a senior administrative level. Recounting the essential creation of the Washington Medical Coordination Center, an organization of all major hospitals in the NorthWest that battles to contain the devastating effects of Corona Virus on hospital systems. We also hear about her successes and challeng...
Emergency Room: The Covid Diaries Episode 3
October 11, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutesEmergency Room: The Covid Diaries, is a true-life look at what it was like behind the scenes at a major American hospital as the Covid-19 pandemic swept through the United States. In Episode Three Matthew and Guy speak with Dr. Chloe Bryson Cahn, a professor of Infectious Diseases and a physician whose expertise is stopping the spread of diseases like the coronavirus.She explains how she treats infections and builds protocols that keep patients and staff safe and we hear her frustrations abou...
Emergency Room: The Covid Diaries Episode 2
September 29, 2021 07:00 - 33 minutesEmergency Room: The Covid Diaries, is a true-life look at what it was like behind the scenes at a major American hospital as the Covid-19 pandemic swept through the United States. Episode Two dives deep into what happens on a Covid 19 Intensive Care Unit at Harborview Hospital in Seattle, ground zero for the US outbreak. We meet Matthew Cazier, a critical care Registered Nurse working in these dangerous and challenging units. We hear how patients are helped when they are in crisis, the someti...
Emergency Room: The Covid Diaries
August 13, 2021 21:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBEmergency Room: The Covid Diaries, is a true-life look behind the headlines first-hand account of what it was like behind the scenes at a major American hospital as the Covid-19 pandemic swept through the United States as seen by nurses and doctors who dealt with the unprecedented crisis every day. In Episode 1, we hear about a devastating motorcycle accident and the massive trauma suffered by the rider - but before he can be treated there’s something all patients need to provide - a Covid ...
Emergency Room: The Covid Diaries Episode 1
August 13, 2021 21:00 - 43 minutesEmergency Room: The Covid Diaries, is a true-life look behind the headlines first-hand account of what it was like behind the scenes at a major American hospital as the Covid-19 pandemic swept through the United States as seen by nurses and doctors who dealt with the unprecedented crisis every day.In Episode 1, we hear about a devastating motorcycle accident and the massive trauma suffered by the rider - but before he can be treated there’s something all patients need to provide - a Covid tes...