Craig Spencer lives and works in our neighborhood. He is an ER doc at Columbia University Medical Center where he is an Assistant Professor of Medicine. He first garnered attention when he was infected with Ebola while a volunteer treating patients in Guinea. He fell ill on return from Africa. He survived.
This animation describing a day in the ER at Columbia Presbyterian really hits home with me. I've been there - short of breath - sucking oxygen from a tube, waiting for a room; cared for by nurses, tested, stuck, probed, stared up at the meaningless monitors above me in the "Cath Lab". This is A Day in the Life in the ER at 168 and Broadway, NY, NY.
As COVID19 surges across the US, it’s hard to describe the situation inside hospitals for healthcare providers & patients.
— Craig Spencer MD MPH (@Craig_A_Spencer) November 29, 2020
We made this video depicting 1 day in the ER to show the painful reality & to remind us why we must remain vigilant. Please watch.pic.twitter.com/JzxcHJKFuP
