'It's a little bit like living on Mars.' drsanjaygupta talks to Dr. Nick Boulis about what was it was like to work inside Emory University's Covid-19 intensive care unit and watch the deadly power of the disease firsthand.
It sometimes seems like the country's attention is shifting away from Covid-19's devastating death toll, which is projected to reach 200,000 by October, as several states see record numbers of cases on a daily basis. Today, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to his longtime friend and colleague Dr. Nick Boulis about what was it was like to work inside Emory University's Covid-19 intensive care unit and watch the deadly power of this disease firsthand.
You can listen on your favorite podcast app or read the transcript below.Dr. Nick Boulis, associate professor, Emory University department of neurosurgery: The thing about the ICU is, it's like you're visiting your executioner. But every time you gown up and you go in there and you're examining these patients, or you're doing a procedure on these patients you're — you're looking at your potential fate, which is really ugly.Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Dr.
Boulis: This was a distinct experience because you are aware that you are at risk. But it was very hard to nail down, to focus on where the risk was coming from. It's a general hostile environment, and, you know, when you go home at night, you're not even sure you survived. You know, you're driving home and going,"Well, I hope that went well." But you don't know.
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