One of the hardest moments for Julia Trainor was helping intubate a patient, and then calling the patient's husband so he could talk to his wife. He was not allowed in the hospital. "I had to put him on the phone and hold the phone to her ear as he told her that he loved her so much, and then I had to wipe away her tears," says Trainor, who works in a surgical intensive care unit. "I'm used to seeing very sick patients and I'm used to patients dying, but nothing quite like this."
"I had a patient fall out of bed today and I had to call his wife and tell her and she couldn't come see him, even though she pleaded and begged to come see him."
"The hardest moment of my shift today, I was in charge, and we had a really sick patient that was in a really, really small room and usually when we have sick crashing patients, we have a ton of resources and a ton of staff to go in and help with the nurse and the doctors that are taking care of that patient. But due to the patient being ruled out for coronavirus, we could only have five or six people at a time and putting on all the gowns and gloves and masks and face shields to protect us in case the patient does have coronavirus, it takes awhile, so the nurse that was there, ended up being in the room for you know 6, 7 hours with minimal breaks and it was hard being in charge and knowing that she was stuck in the room and really nothing I could do to help her."
"The hardest thing in all of this, has been taking care of fellow healthcare providers. It really hits home and it's really scary when you see someone that could be you coming in and now you're taking care of them. It's also hitting home that once healthcare providers start getting sick, who is going to be taking care of the public."
"The hardest moment was a young woman who died and her family wasn't able to be here with her," Bowers said. "I think right now, it's just frustrating and scary just not knowing what comes next.”
"One of the hardest moments was having to see a family member of a COVID patient say goodbye over an iPad," says Tiffany Fare. "You can't see your loved one and then they're gone."
