From Coney Island to Grand Rapids, Military Medical Teams Fan Out to Battle COVID
The hardest part for two Army nurses on 12-hour shifts at an overwhelmed hospital in Michigan has been dealing with what they describe as "gridlock" in the intensive care unit.
"It's been rough," said 1st Lt. Sarah Semple. She's had to watch as her patients struggle with the effects of COVID-19 while there's been no room in the ICU at Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital in East Grand Rapids.
"You have to decide, and it's hard when the ICU is full and there's no place to go," said 1st Lt. Meredith Dorman, who works alongside Semple at Blodgett. "You have to balance that out. Can they stay on the floor? It's kind of a balance weighing out the criticalness of each patient."
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