Emergency Room: The Covid Diaries, is a true-life look behind the headlines first-hand account of what it was like behind the scenes at a major American hospital as the Covid-19 pandemic swept through the United States as seen by nurses and doctors who dealt with the unprecedented crisis every day.

In Episode 1, we hear about a devastating motorcycle accident and the massive trauma suffered by the rider - but before he can be treated there’s something all patients need to provide - a Covid test. We meet Vanessa Makarewicz, RN, the Infection Prevention Operations manager for Harborview Hospital in Seattle, Washington, who leads us through the opening hours of the pandemic, the late night texts between medical specialists, and the building wave of cases about to knock down the doors.

EPISODE 4.

Building on the success of the previous 3 episodes, in episode 4 we meet Sommer Kleweno Walley, CEO of Harborview Medical Center. She takes us through the early response to Covid 19 at a senior administrative level. Recounting the essential creation of the Washington Medical Coordination Center, an organization of all major hospitals in the NorthWest that battles to contain the devastating effects of Corona Virus on hospital systems. We also hear about her successes and challenges in keeping “the doors open” at our vital level one trauma center. Episode 4 highlights the massive drain the pandemic has placed on all health care, city wide, regionally and nationally, and how we still have a long way to go before we can defeat this virus and restore normalcy again.

Emergency Room: The Covid Diaries, is a true-life look at what it was like behind the scenes at a major American hospital as the Covid-19 pandemic swept through the United States.

The podcast introduces us to executives and frontline healthcare workers to learn about the tough decisions they had to make everyday and the challenges they faced in every moment in an unprecedented crisis. Episode Six introduces listeners to Berhane Kelit, a Hospital Assistant and Lift team specialist, whose job seems so simple but we learn is so important. He tells us about the challenges coordinating patient mobility, the impact Covid has had on his work, the fears and hopes he shares with his co-workers about the ongoing pandemic, and how his frontline job has impacted his home life and his family. We also learn that Berhane is a big fan of English Premier League Football.