Emergency Room: The Covid Diaries Episode 2

Emergency 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 sometimes desperate measures staff undertake to keep patients alive and how healthcare workers keep each other safe from a potentially deadly virus. We learn how lungs work and how ventilators work.