I am truly grateful for all that was accomplished by our department members during this very difficult and tumultuous time. “Operation COVID-19 Anesthesia Dunkirk,” the name we attached to our department’s response to the pandemic, called upon all department members to come to the rescue in their respective roles, making sacrifices as necessary to stem… Continue reading “Operation COVID-19 Anesthesia Dunkirk”
These physical mementos of miniature human body organs are dedicated to all the human lives lost to COVID, most of whom’s organ systems failed them. They are dedicated to the people that died without family around them because of COVID restrictions. They are dedicated to the loved ones of those lost to COVID. They are… Continue reading Organs
At the beginning of the pandemic there was a mask shortage. In some hospitals around the world, healthcare workers had no access to PPE while caring for COVID positive patients, while others had to use the same N95 masks over and over until they fell apart. This pic is of a colleague’s office drawer: masks… Continue reading Saving Masks
this message was attached to my teabag. i snapped a pic of it in Jan 2022 when the whole world was raging with COVID and hospitals were overflowing again. just when I felt like I was starting to drown in repeat pandemic madness, my teabag helped ground me. 🙂
Today is Match Day! All across the United States, fourth-year medical students find out where they will be going for their residency training. It’s intense. It’s exciting. I’ve always said that Match Day is filled with the entire spectrum of raw human emotion. Kudos to the med students this year and last year that had… Continue reading Match Day 2022
I drew PPE Person as a playful mascot during Covid. Occasionally PPE Person, covered in a blue gown and PAPR (protective hood), would accompany an email with a bit of arts-based inspiration for colleagues, such as a poem, video clip, or song.
I’ve worked in healthcare for almost 20 years. Over the last two years I felt my empathy slipping away. It was scary. It was sad. I’m donating the rainbow off my crocs as my physical memento to symbolize my temporary loss of empathy and to symbolize the hope that comes with a rainbow. I look… Continue reading A temporary loss of empathy
My physical memento donation is my badge holder. It pictures a stethoscope looped into a heart. It was a gift from the University of Utah years ago. I dedicate it to HEALTHCARE WORKERS near and far. I acknowledge the suffering you have seen and experienced. I acknowledge your moral injury and burnout. I acknowledge your… Continue reading Dedicated to HEALTHCARE WORKERS near and far…
