The Listening Podcast

Quarantine Stories: Dispatches from the ER in Anchorage Alaska

ER Staff from Alaska Native Medical Center Season 2 Episode 7

This week we have a special report from members of the Emergency Room staff at Alaska Native Medical Center in the city of Anchorage. The team primarily treats native populations from all over the state, including some of the most remote corners of the world. They shared their personal struggles as they work to treat patients with COVID-19 - including keeping up morale by leaning on each other, running low on their PPE supply, and how the pandemic is affecting their families and relationships. Interviews by trauma nurse and staff member Carrie Lavallee.