Pandemic Voices

Laura A. Hawryluck, MD, is a professor of critical care medicine in the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine Program at the University of Toronto.Nathan D. Nielsen, MD, is an associate professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Pathology at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.

• List of Figures and TablesPrefaceNathan D. Nielsen, MDPart One: Prices Paid 1. My COVID-19 Journey Anthony McDermott2. Dania: Riyadh Hospital, 2020Hassan Al-Habeeb, MD3. Raging Fire: An ICU Physician’s Experience as a COVID-19 PatientKeith Azevedo, MD4. The Person in the Health Care WorkerRima Styra, MD, Med, FRCPC5. COVID-19 on the Front Lines: Mental Health and ResiliencePeter G. Brindley, MD, FRCPC, FRCP6. Trauma and Trepidation: The Emotional and Moral Toll of Dealing with Sick Patients Matyas Hervieux, BSc (Hons), DHS, MA, MD, CCFP (EM)7. Compassion Fatigue: The Palliative PerspectiveSonia Malhotra, MD, MS, FAAP, FAAHPMPart Two: Scarcity8. The Last Bed: Triage and Triage AvoidanceJames Downar, MDCM, MHSc, FRCPC, and Bojan N. Paunovic, MD, FRCPC9. PPE during COVID-19: Scarcity, Science, Logistics, and Paper BagsSteve A. McLaughlin, MD; Erik Kraai, MD; and PPE Committee of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine10. OMG, We Are Running Out of Propofol!Scott Roach, PharmD, MBA, and Preeyaporn Sarangarm, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCPPart Three: Necessity Is the Mother of Invention11. Anchored in Family: Starting a Business in Health Care Innovation during COVID-19Sabrina Fiorellino, JD12. A Voice from the Operating Room to the Intensive Care Unit: An Anesthesiologist, RedeployedGianni R. Lorello, BSc, MD, MSc (Med Ed), CIP, FRCPC13. How COVID-19 Changed the Way We Transported Patients between Ontario's Hospitals: Prone Patient TransportsAndy Pan, MD, FRCPC; Michael Peddle, MD, FRCPC; and Russell MacDonald, MD, MPH, FRCPC, DRCPSC14. Transporting Patients: Kilometers to Go to Find a HomeBojan N. Paunovic, MD, FRCPC15. When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going: A "Hybrid Model" of Pediatric and Adult Critical Care during the COVID-19 SurgeAkash Deep, MD, FRCPCH; Philip Knight, MD, MBChB, MRCPH; and Louis Skevington-Postles, BSc16. Lessons Learned from COVID-19: Personal Perspectives from a Low- and Middle-Income CountryMervyn Mer, MBBCh, Dip PEC (SA), FCP (SA)17. Vaccinating Remote Indigenous CommunitiesHomer Tien, MD, FRCSCPart Four: Stories from Forgotten Places18. COVID-19 Pandemic and the Fate of Indonesian ChildrenKurniawan Taufiq Kadafi and Ririe Fachrina Malisie19. Caring for Pediatric Patients with COVID-19 during the Pandemic in Peru: Experiences from 2020 and 2021Jesús Domínguez-Rojas, MD, and Alvaro Coronado-Muñoz, MD20. From the Four Directions: Healing on NavajolandMelissa Begay, MDPart Five: Learning under Fire21. Waiting in the Wings: A Medical Trainee’s Pandemic ExperienceGabrielle Karlovich, MD22. Becoming a Psychiatrist during a PandemicHouman Rashidian, MD (PGY5), and Sabrina Agnihotri, MD (PGY4) 23. Pandemic Rites: Rites of Passage as an International ICU Fellow and Journey Back HomeOnion Gerald Vergara Ubaldo, MD, MBA, FRCP, FPSCCM24. Resident Training in COVID-19 TimesPamela H. Orr, MD, MSc, FRCPCPart Six: Systems on the Verge of Collapse25. Anticipation, Dread, and Worry: Preparing for the Arrival of Sick PatientsMatyas Hervieux, BSc (Hons), DHS, MA, MD, CCFP (EM)26. "The War on COVID-19": Reflections from the ICU Front LinePeter G. Brindley, MD, FRCPC, FRCP27. Seven Days in the Intensive Care UnitLaura A. Hawryluck, MSc, MD, FRCPC28. The Pandemic Was a Powerful Teacher: Ramping Down ServicesFayez Quereshy, MD, MBA, FRCSC, FACS29. COVID-19 Seen from a Preventionist Physician’s Point of View: Will We Be Able to Draw Lessons for the Future?Jean Ralph Zahar, MD30. Treating the UnVaxxed during COVID-19: Did I Sign Up for This?Peter G. Brindley, MD, FRCPC, FRCP31. Siloed Still…Laura A. Hawryluck, MSc, MD, FRCPCPart Seven: Lessons and Transformations32. Turning Pain into ProgressJody Thomas, PhD33. A Dumpster Full of FlowersIngrid Duffy, FNP 34. The Same RoomHassan Al-Habeeb, MD 35. No VisitorsRev. Kristel Clayville, PhD36. History Will Judge Us. And That’s OK.Joe Vipond, MD, and Kashif Pirzada, MDPart Eight: Those Left Behind 37. The Other Epidemic: Overdose CrisisMeaghan Reaburn, PharmD, BScPhm, RPh 38. Accessing Mental Health Services: An Expanding Public Need Troy Rieck, PhD, C.Psych 39. From the COVID-19 Ashes: A Journey in Life Transformation Dorrette Ruddock, RN40. Leading from the Ground: Families Supporting Families and Children with DisabilitiesTina Trigg, PhDPart Nine: Reconsider/Reflect/Revisit/Return41. How COVID-19 Made Salient the Need to Reconsider the Relationships between Health Care Providers and Their Family, Friends, Co-Workers and the PublicMatyas Hervieux, BSc (Hons), DHS, MA, MD, CCFP (EM)42. Science and Truth during and after COVID-19Peter G. Brindley, MD, FRCPC, FRCPAfterwordLaura A. Hawryluck, MSc, MD, FRCPCGlossaryContributors

“Pandemic Voices brings together a collection of deeply personal reflections from health care workers and patients, and how they experienced the COVID-19 pandemic. These stories, coming from different countries, health care systems, and cultures across the world, offer an honest – and unfiltered – look at a health care crisis unlike anything seen before in modern times. Pandemic Voices serves as a testimony to the dedication of health care professionals who faced the unknown on a daily basis, and as a guide to what all of us can learn from this unmatched crisis. The book invites readers to engage with stories that are deeply personal yet evidently universal, reminding us about keeping humanity at the core of care for patients.”