Inside the COVID ICU January 25, 2021 Kori Young à Kori Young Outside every room with a COVID-19 patient is a sign reiterating airborne and contact precautions necessary for entry. à à à à à Kori Young RN Julie Lord, who was redeployed from her normal unit to support COVID-19 patients, enters information on a computer workstation at the nurses' station in the ICU. à Kori Young à Kori Young à à Kori Young Vanoy Allen, RN, fixes her face shield as she prepares to enter a COVID-10 patientâs room. à à Itâs never completely quiet. Sometimes itâs just the distinctive rhythmic sigh of the ventilators, beep of the tube feeding machines, or the click of a door closing shut; and other times the alarms of a code, crinkling of a PPE paper bag, and frantic feet.Â