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COVID-19: Voices From the Community

Recognizing the importance of staying connected with the community, our CHEST frontline clinicians share their experiences and plans for the future as they navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Recent Additions:

  • In the documentary "Critical: Coronavirus in Intensive Care,” Tamas Szakmany, MD, PhD, and his colleagues share their experiences at one of the United Kingdom’s COVID-19 hotspots in Newport, Wales.
  • Gretchen R. Winter, MD, highlights the importance of evidence-based medicine, social distancing, and community support among colleagues during the pandemic.
  • Salman Ali, MBBS, describes his experience caring for COVID-19 patients at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan.

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Critical: Coronavirus in Intensive Care

A new documentary features the experiences of ICU staff on the COVID-19 front lines at Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport, Wales. The area was one of the United Kingdom’s coronavirus hotspots, with more cases per capita than anywhere outside London. Filmed by CHEST member Tamas Szakmany, MD, PhD, and his colleagues on mobile phones and small cameras, the film provides first-person perspectives on the challenges and successes faced during the first month of the coronavirus crisis.

Recorded: March – April 2020

Gretchen R. Winter, MD

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
"Check in with your friends. Check in with your co-workers, and check in with anyone around you—because we all need help right now."

Recorded: May 16, 2020

Salman Ali, MBBS

Liaquat National Hospital
Karachi, Pakistan
"As the lockdown and restrictions eased up, the influx of patients has increased significantly."

Recorded: May 16, 2020

S M Abdullah Al Mamun, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Evercare Hospitals
Dhaka, Bangladesh
"Because of our suspicion from the very beginning, we treated [the patient] as a case of COVID-19, and all the proper precautions were taken...fortunately, none of us are positive."

Recorded: May 1, 2020

Sabiha Raoof, MBBS, FCCP

Medisys Health Network
Queens, NY
"I want to thank all those physicians who have shown their interest in coming to New York, volunteering here, and helping our physicians."

Recorded: April 13, 2020

Vincent Gould, APRN-BC

UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
"A lot of us have fears related to possibly bringing a COVID transmission home, as we're aware of these asymptomatic carriers that can happen for up to 14 days."

Recorded: April 11, 2020

Nneka O. Sederstrom, PhD, MPH, MA, FCCP

Children's Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
"We know that some of our populations that are socioeconomically disadvantaged that are the result of institutional and systemic racism mean that they will be getting COVID more prevalently and worse. So how do we try and address those kinds of issues?"

Recorded: April 6, 2020

Ihtzaz Bashir Chaudary, III, MBBS

Aziz Bhatti Teaching Hospital
Gujrat, Pakistan
"What I have experienced...is that the severity of disease is not as reported in the US and Europe, like in Italy, France, and Germany. I have seen a different pattern of disease."

Recorded: April 4, 2020

Candace A Huebert, MD, FCCP

University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska
"I've seen terrific collaboration in every aspect of the medical system, in terms of working with other divisions—infectious disease, other departments. Critical care/anesthesia has been a terrific collaborator, as have the surgical services."

Recorded: March 26, 2020

Steven Q. Simpson, MD, FCCP

CHEST President-Elect and COVID-19 Task Force Chair
KU Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas
"Of course, many people in my group look at me and say, you're an old man, you're at high risk, so you should probably stay out of here. I don't know—this is what we signed up for, I think."

Recorded: March 17, 2020

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