Images from the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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PHOTO: Guillermo Gonzalez, M.D. – Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Victor Cano, M.D., and Guillermo Puig, M.D., assist a COVID-19 patient after ICU admission at Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.

PHOTO: Yingwei Wang, M.D., Ph.D. – Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China

A team of anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists transport critically ill patients with invasive mechanical ventilation to a designated hospital in March 2020 in Wuhan, China.

PHOTO: Robin Utrecht

Cornelis Slagt, M.D., Ph.D., Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, left, is assisted by Freek Coumou, Helicopter Emergency Medical Service nurse, right, in preparing a patient for transfer wearing thermal jackets provided by the Dutch Olympic Team.

PHOTO: Robin Utrecht

Cornelis Slagt, M.D., Ph.D., Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, assisted by Freek Coumou, Helicopter Emergency Medical Service nurse, preparing for departure to Germany from Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

PHOTO: Marc Sherwin, M.D. – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York

Inside The Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Simulation HELPS Center, Anjan Shah, M.D., left, and Garrett Burnett, M.D., right, test split ventilation in simulator models before successfully ventilating two patients in the COVID ICU using a device developed with 3D printed and locally bought parts. During the surge of new cases of COVID-19 patients being admitted to the hospital and an impending shortage of ventilators, these innovative techniques were developed to be used as a last resort.

PHOTO: Xavier Linares – Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Mar Gallardo, assistant at Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, prepares her colleagues to enter a COVID-19 patient’s room.

PHOTO: Jennifer Denk, M.D. – Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

Anesthesiology resident, Louise Hellen, M.D., at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, transfers a patient to the operating room who is requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation due to COVID-19, with the assistance of an anesthesiology attending, Ryan Hood, M.D.

PHOTO: James P. Rathmell, M.D. – Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Liting Chen, M.D., a fellow in regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, dons full personal protective equipment including a Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) in preparation for endotracheal intubation of a patient with COVID-19 in respiratory failure.

PHOTO: Yingwei Wang, M.D., Ph.D. – Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China

A national medical team intubates a patient admitted to the Guanggu Campus of Tongji Hospital affiliated with the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan on February 10, 2020.

PHOTO: Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand

Arpa Chutipongtanate, M.D., performing endotracheal intubation in a confirmed COVID-19 patient at Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand, on April 8, 2020.

PHOTO: James P. Rathmell, M.D. – Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Erin Borland, BSN, RN, CCRN, caring for a patient during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic on Shapiro 9 East at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

PHOTO: Xavier Linares – Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Idoia Aparicio, M.D., at Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, tries to improve a COVID-19 patient’s breathing while a nurse from outside checks to see if she needs anything.

PHOTO: Mario Ulibarri Vidales, M.D. – National Institute of Medical Sciences, Mexico City, Mexico

Alejandra Garza, M.D., first-year resident at National Institute of Medical Sciences, Mexico City, Mexico, a hospital transformed to exclusively treat patients infected with COVID-19, is resting after a hard day with numerous intubations, May 2020.

PHOTO: Javed Ahmed, M.D. – Chandigarh, India

Staff nurse Natasha Singh sits on a bench outside a COVID-19 ward. She is nearing the end of her shift and is tired beyond words, and thus takes a moment to sit down and catch her breath. However, there is work to be done and she does the necessary documentation work before the end of her shift.

PHOTO: Steve Yun, M.D. – Dental AnesthesiaMD, Orange, California

A self-portrait wearing personal protective equipment.