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Lessons from Seattle: Prepping a critical care system for COVID-19


 

What can the nation’s critical care systems do to prepare for the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Mark Tonelli, MD, is professor of medicine and section head of the University of Washington Medical Center’s division of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. In an audio interview, Dr. Tonelli outlines exactly how the University of Washington and the region’s other health systems are readying their critical care departments for the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic. And he offers advice from the front lines for health systems nationwide as they prep their own critical care systems.

To listen to the interview, click the play button below.

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