Healthcare heroes: How one Syracuse hospital learned to fight COVID-19
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At first, Dr. Douglas Fetterman was struck by how COVID-19 defied the treatments that had worked well on seemingly similar viruses in the past. He also worried that the burden of care might overwhelm his staff.
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‘The power of collaborative teamwork across nations is key’
Critical-Care doctors from St. Joseph’s hospital share how they fought the pandemic, with help from around the world
In terms of contagious disease, COVID-19 may have posed the biggest threat to human life in 100 years. Practices that had worked with previous coronaviruses worked less well, or not at all. Across the globe medical caregivers had to learn how best to treat it, even as patients were filling hospital beds. Members of the critical care team at St. Joseph’s Health Hospital in Syracuse shared their recollections of how they adapted, and their thoughts on lessons learned. Doctors included: