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Psychotherapist Kerry Malawista says From the Faraway, Nearby by American artist Georgia O Keeffe lacks the middle distance which creates a jarring effect. That effect is true in life, where we need a middle distance to process grief. (Matt Dunham/AP)
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“This is scaring me,” I told my Nurse Practitioner, as I continued to turn up my patient’s sedation, steadily climbing past the pump’s guardrails. “Is this safe?” I whispered to myself, hands trembling.
My NP looked back at me through the patient’s door and replied over my respirator’s walkie, “Yes, this is scary. We are in uncharted territory; there is no instruction manual for this.” Fentanyl, Propofol, Dilaudid, and Nimbex, all reaching maximum dosages as I continued to titrate up. I looked at my patient, strapped to ECMO, trached, vented, hooked to countless wires monitoring their vital signs, while all wrapped in a warming blanket. And, not j
LaMay has volunteered at several vaccination clinics as a medical evaluator.
âThe County Health Departmentâs vaccination clinics are critical operations that have strengthened the communityâs effort to battle COVID-19,â said Danielle Carlone, public health sanitarian for the Oswego County Health Department. âThere have been a handful of providers who have volunteered as medical evaluators since our first clinics back in January.â
âThe role of the medical evaluator (ME) is to oversee the medical aspect of the vaccination POD,â said Jodi Martin, RN, supervising public health nurse for the County Health Department. âIn addition to answering questions from staff and patients, the ME determines if patients are good candidates for the vaccine and also helps EMS during emergency medical situations that may arise during the clinic.â
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This week Cal shares some of the recent conversation he had with five living legends involved in the early response to HIV and AIDS. As five women, the panel shares their perspectives on being involved in an epidemic that was largely impacting gay men and other men who have sex with men here in Australia.
During this episode, Cal talks to:
Auntie Bev Greet – founder of Positive Women Victoria and longstanding advocate for women living with HIV
Maureen O’Brien – the first Community Health Nurse at the Victorian AIDS Council/Gay Men’s Health Centre (now Thorne Harbour Health’s Centre Clinic)
A first-born daughter with five brothers and two sisters, Country Director for Institute of Development Management (IDM) Dr Onalenna Seitio-Kgokgwe attributes