When we heard the first time about covid it seemed to be just an incident in China and it wouldn’t bother us at all…
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Silver linings
11th January 2022
A band of brothers
7th January 2022I was asked early on to be part of the COVID team. I was happy to do this despite being deemed medium / high risk myself.
Read moreThen came New Year’s Eve, a day I will never forget…
4th January 2022I will never forget how it felt donning for the first time. My hands shaking and the tension in the air palpable as I pulled down my visor and took a deep breath and pushed the ITU doors open….
Read moreLaboratories told of an ‘evolving situation’ in January 2020
4th January 2022My COVID-19 story began in January 2020 with PHE bulletins informing laboratories in the UK of an “evolving situation”….
Read moreReflections of a Respiratory Consultant
4th January 2022Having known about MERS and SARS outbreaks from over a decade ago, I understood the potential gravity but only when I saw a video from a Wuhan hospital did it become clear what was happening & potentially how underprepared we may be.
Read moreSaving lives with pulse oximeters
4th January 2022We decided in September of 2020 to send Pulse Oximeters to our clinically extremely vulnerable haematology patients who tested positive for Covid, to help us spot signs of a drop in oxygen levels.
Read moreWhat I have learned…
4th January 2022Colleagues and team working – I have learned to look out for each other during these unprecedented times.
Read moreWord phrases
4th January 2022Images of word phrases
Read moreReflections of a Ward Technologist
10th December 2021I joined the NHS a year before COVID-19 and even then, we shared memories and moments that will stay with us forever however the pandemic was like nothing we’ve ever experienced before, it was scary and confusing to say the least.
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Mindmap drawing for Critical Care Outreach
26th November 2021Artwork created by Kat, Critical Care Outreach Team
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Research at surge speed
18th November 2021My lasting memory of the year is not a hospital memory but of the first urgent Covid-19 related application we had at the Brighton and Sussex Research Ethics Committee….
Read moreHe was able to be there for the birth of his first child…
17th November 2021One morning I arrived at work to be told that all frontline staff were required to wear scrubs. I had no idea how to obtain scrubs, but one of my physio colleagues suggested I ask at ITU……
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