Deyscha Smith, Boston.com Staff
May 13, 2020
Diana Costine has actually been providing an inside look into what it’s like to be a nurse at Boston Medical Center during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Using the hospital’s medical supply closet to record, Costine has actually been keeping a video diary to document what it’s like to work inside the ICU. In a video shared by Great Early morning America on Wednesday, a clip shows Costine worn scrubs, taking off her N95 respirator off to reveal indents on her face from using the mask.
” My face is eliminating me,” she stated to the cam. “I think that skin on my nose there is about all set to rupture open.”
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— Great Early Morning America (@GMA) May 13, 2020
In another clip, Costine revealed a few of the struggles the hospital has actually been dealing with throughout the pandemic, consisting of a lack of materials such as PPE masks, healthcare facility gowns, and gloves. At the end of April, Boston Medical’s ICU department reached capacity and ambulances needed to be rerouted and informed to head to other facilities.
Costine had actually recorded the moment when it occurred.
” Right now we have no crucial care beds in our healthcare facility,” she said in her video. “We have actually been managing our COVID-19 clients down in the emergency situation