First, it was a smaller hospital with fewer than 200 beds in Farmington, New Mexico, where the high desert borders the Navajo Nation. Then, it was a massive university hospital in bustling Salt Lake City, Utah, with about 800 staffed beds.
The devastating effect that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on life-saving care, the well-being of front-line workers and health systems as a whole could be felt in both places, said US Navy Lt. James Kirlin, a registered nurse who has been deployed to help support them during the pandemic.
Hospitals scrambling for incentives to retain nurses amid shortage 03:56"When we come into these hospitals, they really utilize us to the full scope of our practice, and we are full contributing members to their health care team," Kirlin said. The military personnel provide support to the hospital doctors, nurses and other staff members who have worked nonstop for two years, through the emotional and physical toll of the pandemic.
When it comes to the future, Kirlin said, there are"a lot of unknowns."Now that his deployment has ended, he travels home Wednesday to Poulsbo, Washington, where he can recuperate before starting a mission in Djibouti in July. But he believes that America's fight against the coronavirus is not over."It's reasonable to say that we still have a long road ahead of us," Kirlin said.
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