Hey everyone. Welcome to Being Well. I'm Forrest Hansen and I'm joined today as the

usual by Dr. Rick Hansen. So how are you doing dad? I'm good and this topic that we're going to get into about resources for people who are

front-line responders right now, health care providers, paramedics, people in law enforcement, etc.

Who are managing this pandemic for the sake of all of us, really.

It's such a poignant topic and it really weighs heavily on my own heart.

So I'm glad we're talking about it.

Yeah, I know.

I know it's been a very significant one for one for you recently and you've really been thinking

about it.

So to set that up a little bit, so many people have been impacted in ways large and small by the coronavirus

epidemic and there's no doubt that one of the most impacted groups as you said

has been frontline health care providers of various kinds.

From the doctors and nurses who care for people in overwhelmed hospitals

to the whole ecosystem of physical and mental health providers who have worked with people suffering

the effects of this virus. And if I can include I think about the people pushing a broom

at 2 in the morning wiping down a hospital floor. Yeah. Car carrying stuff out, removing the bags.

You know, when I, when my dad was in the hospital, you would come and you would,

we would see the situation.

And the doctors and nurses are the tip of the iceberg of the whole system, the clerical staff,

the people managing everything, keeping the lights on, making sure the air conditioning system is well filtered, just all of it. Yeah, thank you to all of you.

Yeah, right now. Absolutely for sure. Really totally. Thank you. And as you're saying, you know you can expand that circle and you can go beyond people in the formal

caregiving professions so many people have stepped up into helping roles of

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