healthcare workers

Ahead of National EMS Week, paramedics and EMT’s from Hartford Healthcare and Hunter’s Ambulance staffed a “Teddy Bear Boo-Boo Clinic” for young students in Meriden. The goal: to learn basic first aid and life-saving skills. Student in pre-K through fourth grade at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School were taken outside the classroom and inside an ambulance Tuesday. “A lot of...

It’s a tradition at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School where EMT’s and paramedics come in to talk about safety and basic first aid skills.

The state and nation are facing several problems, nurses getting burnt out and the inability to train replacements.

Frontline workers say they are exhausted and overwhelmed as COVID-19 cases surge in Connecticut again.

Frontline workers say they are exhausted and overwhelmed as COVID-19 cases surge in Connecticut again. “It’s tough. It’s taxing, but we work as a team,” said Taylor Henderson, a critical care nurse at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London. Statewide, there are about 1,100 people hospitalized with COVID-19 right now. The majority of those patients, about 70%, are not…

Health care workers who were once saluted for saving lives in the COVID-19 outbreak are now being issued panic buttons and ditching their scrubs before going out in public to avoid harassment.

Oregon’s governor says she will deploy up to 1,500 National Guard troops to hospitals around the state to support healthcare workers as COVID-19 surges amid the rapid spread of the Delta variant.

Roughly 7,000 health care workers across the state who were hired during the pandemic must be terminated if they aren’t fingerprinted for state-mandated background checks before July 20, the Connecticut Department of Public Health is warning in urgent memos being sent to nursing homes, home health agencies, chronic disease hospitals and other health care facilities. The nursing home industry, however,…

The NFL says 7,500 health care workers vaccinated for the coronavirus will be given free tickets to next month’s Super Bowl to be played in Tampa, Florida

Hartford HealthCare began administering the second doses of the COVID vaccine to health care workers who are a part of Phase 1A in Connecticut.

The study of 1,700 medical professionals across the country revealed half reported at least one serious psychiatric symptom.  Thirty-three percent of respondents reported intense anxiety, while 17% had severe depression, and 14% reported suicidal thoughts. “We were surprised that almost 40% of our sample had serious or clinically significant symptoms of anxiety and depression,” said Dr. Jennifer Ferrand, the director…

As the first wave of coronavirus cases peaked in the Northeast U.S. this spring, eight healthcare workers from New York City and across the country shared their intimate experiences fighting the virus — through exhaustion, grief and fear.

Ana Wilkinson, a traveling nurse who treated COVID-19 patients in New York City at the height of the city’s crisis, says people who deny the reality of coronavirus or refuse to wear a mask are disrespecting the sacrifices of health workers.

The New York Times reports how inventors from around the world are using their skills to create desperately needed PPE equipment for healthcare workers on the frontlines of the pandemic.

You can hear buzzing from a backyard in Farmington most days of the week: It’s the sound of creativity born in a time of crisis. When Senan Gorman, the graphic designer by trade, found his work slowing to a halt amid the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided to use his newfound free time to take up a new skill — chainsaw…

One Farmington family decided to do their part during the coronavirus pandemic by carving and selling tiki art to raise money to help feed healthcare workers.

Tiki Task Force carves Tiki statues to sell locally and use the money to buy lunches for Healthcare Workers, Nursing Home Staff and group home staff.
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For people recovering from COVID-19, home care can be both essential and elaborate, involving a health care professional who provides additional oxygen, monitors vital signs, administers medication and helps with daily tasks such as eating, bathing and getting in and out of bed. Home care professionals and nurses said the coronavirus pandemic shows how crucial the industry is. It provides life-saving...

A Virginia Beach bridal boutique is giving away wedding dresses to dozens of engaged healthcare workers on the front lines. Ava Clara Couture Bridal has been closed to the public for over a month, but the boutique is still giving a special group of brides their Cinderella moment.

It’s a unique experience to be an ICU nurse at Yale New Haven Health during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s hard to put it into words, it’s hard to understand it. No one really gets what we’re going through behind the hospital doors,” said Elisa Gagliardi, a registered nurse in the medical ICU at St. Raphael’s Campus. All of her...