26. Preston Gorman survived the Ebola virus

All The Wiser

Kimi Culp

Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.9 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Preston Gorman spent 27 days in the NIH Isolation Unit fighting the Ebola virus. Gorman was a young Physician Assistant who followed a calling to help on the front lines of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. Shortly after his arrival, Preston contracted the very disease he was there to treat. He was placed in a coffin shaped plastic bubble for the 17-hour plane ride back to the United States. He was described as one of the sickest patients to ever be treated there. Preston was placed in complete isolation where 60 specially trained doctors volunteered to treat him. Less then a month later, Preston walked out the hospital doors and would choose to remain anonymous for the next 5 years. In this episode, he speaks candidly about surviving Ebola, living with PTSD, his darkest moments, lessons on faith, family and the road to rediscovering joy and hope.

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0:56.5	Welcome to All the Wiser. I'm Kimmy Kulfe. All the Wiser is a one-for-one podcast. For every
1:03.2	inspiring interview you hear, we donate $2,000 to charities around the world. I believe in the
1:10.0	power of storytelling to inspire us all to think differently about the world around us.
1:15.6	So I've combed the country for some of the most jaw-dropping stories you have ever heard,
1:22.1	people who have been to the brink and back, stories of survival against all odds,
1:26.8	and whose lives have been changed in unthinkable ways.
1:32.1	Today's interview is with Preston Gorman. Preston grew up in an evangelical home in the suburbs of Texas
1:39.9	where he never truly felt like he belonged. In his 20s, he pursued his dream
1:45.7	and became a firefighter and trained paramedic.
1:49.7	During this time, Preston discovered he had a love of adventure,
1:55.0	a high tolerance for risk,
1:57.5	and, most importantly, a calling to be of service to others, and in his mid-20s got on a plane to Sierra Leone
2:06.7	to volunteer as a caregiver in the middle of the Ebola outbreak. He was assigned to manage a men's
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