#201 COVID Narratives: Stories from Physicians at the Front Lines

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science, Higher Education, Education

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🗓️ 26 March 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Listen as the pioneers of the COVID pandemic share their experiences taking care of some of the first COVID patients in the US. Our guests have a broad range of expertise and experiences. This episode features hospitalist Dr. Francisco Alvarez (University of California at San Francisco, @fnalvarez), Infectious Disease fellow Dr. Karolina Maciag (University of Washington, @KMaciag), Critical Care and Pulmonology Fellow Dr. David Furfaro (Columbia University, @david_furfaro

Credits

Written and Produced: Justin Berk MD MPH MBA
Cover Art: Kate Grant MBChB DipGUMed
Hosts: Justin Berk MD MPH MBA; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guest: Dr. Francisco Alvarez, Dr. Karolina Maciag, Dr. Dave Furfaro, Dr. Nick Mark

Sponsors: Cayuga

Time Stamps

00:00 Intro
04:28 Francisco: Process leading up to first case
07:42 Karolina: The perspective of the consultant- calm in the storm
11:40 (Karolina) Seattle Flu Study as early warning
16:00 Dave: ICU patients
20:30 Nick: making decisions with a moving target
25:05 Sponsor
25:53 Francisco: data available on Twitter
28:00 Francisco: the role of generalist during the COVID pandemic
31:15 Karolina: on vulnerable populations during pandemic
38:26 Dave/Nick: how generalists should be preparing themselves
45:16 Avoiding aerosolized procedures / nebulizers
47:46 What was the big surprises
54:20 How do you address the anxiety
60:12 Plugs
64:20 Outro

Transcript

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0:09.5	diseases or conditions.
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0:12.2	and should not be interpreted to reflect official policy or position of any entity
0:14.4	that's either on possibly cash-like morons or antifiliate outreach programs.
0:16.6	If indeed, there are any, in fact, there are none.
0:18.6	Pretty much we aren't responsible if you screw up, you should always do your own homework
0:20.4	and let's know when we're wrong.
0:31.0	Well, Paul, we're back.
0:33.1	Stuart's not here, but the great Justin Burke is with us.
0:37.0	This is the Curbsiders.
0:38.5	This is yet another episode on COVID.
0:41.1	Tonight it's more, it's a little bit of clinical, but mostly it's just us kind of commiserating
0:45.6	and talking about the status of things right now with a bunch of people that know way
0:49.0	more than we do.
0:50.9	But Paul, can you tell people what do we really do on this show?
0:54.5	Sure, other than being reassured that smarter people than us are actually out there taking
0:58.2	care of patients, we are.
0:59.7	We are in Turtle Medicine podcast and we use expert interviews to bring you clinical
1:02.6	pearls and practice changing knowledge.
1:05.2	The great Dr. Burke has put together just a cast of experts and charming individuals
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