5 Years Since COVID: Lessons from the Frontlines
Watch our first episode as host Leslie Schlachter, PA, Chief Physician Assistant in the Department of Neurosurgery interviews two Mount Sinai physicians who worked on the front lines in the early days of the pandemic.
Zevy Joshua Hamburger, MD, Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine and Erik Blutinger, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Public Health Specialist talk about what it was like as the pandemic spread across the world and the response in New York City.
Together, they discuss the challenge of treating patients despite a of lack of knowledge about the virus and the need to improvise treatments. They describe how they struggled to maintain their morale amid the long hours, lack of resources, and catastrophic losses. They also share perspectives on what health care institutions might have done differently.
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this show are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect those of the Mount Sinai Health System at large.
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