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Old Apr 01, 2020, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by chihirochild View Post
Aaaand now that my test is back they're putting me to work.

Tomorrow I've been assigned to work in an "ICU" that they jury-rigged out of a PACU (where they normally take people after they've had surgery). I will have no interns. The attending will be overseeing both the regular ICU and this PACU-ICU so will have more patients than usual and will be located on a completely different floor. I will either have to stay in a spacesuit-like-thing all day except to eat and go to the bathroom or I will be re-using PPE, they haven't told me yet. And this is actually at one of our sister hospitals so I will not know any of the nurses or RTs or any of the phone numbers to call these people in an emergency.

I hate this. I HATE THIS! Working in the ICU scares me under normal conditions. This is just insane.

Hugs, chihiro. I am so sorry you're having to face this.

I actually think of you and all of the other doctors (and nurses!) that I know when I start to feel antsy about staying home. It helps to know that keeping the virus from spreading is the biggest thing we can do to help.
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Hugs from:
chihirochild, SlumberKitty, unaluna
Thanks for this!
chihirochild, LonesomeTonight, SheHulk07, unaluna