A month after I returned home, one of the EM docs from Indian Health Services contacted me with news that their colleague died after a month on the ventilator fighting COVID in the intensive care unit. During the funeral, the entire hospital staff lined the highway to honor their teammate and show how much love they had for them. Even after this tragedy, everyone working at the Kayenta Health Center continues to fight with even greater resolve and determination against the COVID pandemic in their community.
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ACEP Now: Vol 39 – No 08 – August 2020
Dr. Bradley is a disaster/operational medicine and EMS fellow in the department of emergency medicine at Atrium Health-Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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