March 17, 2021

Life in a rural emergency department during COVID

"I am grateful that I work in a small rural hospital that is like a family. I am grateful that my organization has done everything in its power to protect us… but I hope we can do better. I hope medical workers have enough left within them to give...

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"I am grateful that I work in a small rural hospital that is like a family. I am grateful that my organization has done everything in its power to protect us… but I hope we can do better. I hope medical workers have enough left within them to give their all for the coming months. Now we are in November with cases on the rise throughout the country: I hope we are more prepared. As the medical community, we do everything we can to protect our patients, our loved ones, and ourselves. Life in the emergency department during COVID has been some of the most emotionally and physically taxing of my career, but I remain optimistic that there is hope."

Andrew Tisser is an emergency physician.

He shares his story and discusses his KevinMD article, "Life in the emergency department during COVID: a rural physician’s perspective." (https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/11/life-in-the-emergency-department-during-covid-a-rural-physicians-perspective.html)