Posted on Jan 1, 2022
ICU teams report fatigue and frustration as they brace for omicron surge
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The latest surge in COVID-19 cases is testing the endurance of intensive care workers at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
"You feel like, 'What am I doing here?' " says Dr. Nguyet Nguyen, a pulmonary critical care specialist at the hospital and assistant professor of medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. "I'm working as hard as I can and still all of these people are dying."
"We're tired," says Dr. Tiffany Osborn, a professor of surgery and emergency medicine. "We see so much needless suffering."
The latest surge in COVID-19 cases is testing the endurance of intensive care workers at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
"You feel like, 'What am I doing here?' " says Dr. Nguyet Nguyen, a pulmonary critical care specialist at the hospital and assistant professor of medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. "I'm working as hard as I can and still all of these people are dying."
"We're tired," says Dr. Tiffany Osborn, a professor of surgery and emergency medicine. "We see so much needless suffering."
ICU teams report fatigue and frustration as they brace for omicron surge
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According to my sister (a doctor) and my youngest son's girlfriend, a nurse, the issue is a shortage of treatment medications
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
My granddaughter who is a nurse says the same but because only one med is effective against Omicron.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel I can understand their frustration when people refuse to get a vaccine that may keep them out of the hospital.
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It's coming, after all the Christmas parties and parades. I hope not too many people die; we just need to start living with it.
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