Opinion: Covid-19 opens unexpected rifts between health care workers
My pager wakes me at 4:00 a.m. It’s from Jill, a nurse on the medicine floor. “Mr. M is on 4L of oxygen. I think he needs to go to the ICU. Please come assess.”
A few minutes later, I am outside the patient’s room, going through the laborious but essential process of donning personal protective equipment. I take off my jacket, sanitize my hands, put on gloves, cap, gown, surgical mask, and face shield, then finally enter the room. Mr. M says he feels fine, no different from when he first came to the hospital a few hours ago on two liters of oxygen per minute. After my assessment, I decide that he doesn’t need to go to the intensive care unit.
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