Where Did Our ICU Staff Go? Staffing Challenges During and After the Pandemic

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Originally aired: March 10, 2022

As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, early limitations in ventilators and PPE have been replaced by acute shortages of clinical staff. Surveys of critical care physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and respiratory therapists reveal that high numbers have left or will leave their professions in the near term. In this episode, our expert panelists discuss the sources of ICU staff shortage, the contribution of pandemic burnout, and the ways that we can support one another while rebuilding our health systems for the future.

Host
Steven Q. Simpson, MD, FCCP

Panelists
Lisa Burry, PharmD, FCCP
Vicki Good, DNP, RN
Steven Mitchell, MD
Vikramjit Mukherjee, MD

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