My working week: 'If I take a patient to hospital, it could save them. But it might kill them'
by Lucy Anderson from on (#53WGK)
As a paramedic I'm working harder than ever, and constantly double-guessing whether to risk exposing patients to Covid-19
The first two patients of the night are likely Covid-19 cases. I don't have the answers people want: I don't know if you have it, I don't know if your brother will die. We don't have guidance about which patients to take to hospital and which are safe to manage at home, we don't know who the hospital staff are looking after, we don't know how many beds are left.
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