service from the beginning, and patients get it as soon as they stabilise. Instead of one session a day, they get two. There is a morning and an afternoon team. I think this speeds recovery. We had a case where we had to amputate a patient’s leg, but they already had problems with that leg, and they ended up dying. We have had a lot of cases of blockages in the trachea and we have had to ask the pneumologist to come in to treat them and unblock it. All the heads of intensive care in Madrid are working together, both public and private. Whatever a large hospital All the heads of intensive tried and that worked would be passed on to all the hospitals. So if someone finds a successful care in Madrid are working treatment, all the procedures change everywhere. together, both public and Every day was a new world. I think Madrid is expected to reach its peak private. Whatever a large in mid-September, before the winter. How people hospital tried and that have reacted or behaved has depended on different worked would be passed on areas. I think young people and a lot of adults too are afraid when someone we don’t know sits beside to all the hospitals. us on the metro. We protect ourselves with masks. But if we are with a friend, we seem not to worry, and get confident and throw caution to the wind because we are with someone we know. But it shouldn’t be like that. I think it’s very hard for young people to understand. So what I would do was that when I finished at the icu on the surgical floor I would go up and sit with my colleagues and tell them about my morning. The hospital also provided us with a psychologist and we have had group therapy every week. I find out then how my colleagues are. Some are very affected, others are better. We are a very stable team and have been together a long time. We always talk to each other so that hasn’t been hard. I am very thankful at how lucky I have been, firstly because I have never caught Covid. My whole family is well and I have been able to give myself totally to my work, knowing everything else is under control. Except for my daughter’s return, my husband has dealt with everything else at home.�
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