>> AS THE DEBATE ON REOPENING
% WISCONSIN TAKES THE SPOTLIGHT,
% DOCTORS AND NURSES ARE FOCUSED
% ON SAVING LIVES.
% TREVOR KELLER CHECKED IN WITH
% WORKERS ON THE FRONT LINES.
% >> COVID-19 UNIT ON THE FRONT
% LINES.
% THE LONG HOURS AND STRESSFUL
% DAYS ADD UP.
% >> I THINK WE'RE HOLDING UP AS
% BEST WE CAN.
% BUT IT IS MORE STRESSFUL BECAUSE
% WE DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A LOT
% MORE UNKNOWNS IN THIS DISEASE
% PROCESS THAN THERE IS IN A USUAL
% DAY OF WORK FOR US.
% >> THESE DOCTORS AND NURSES ARE
% ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE
% PANDEMIC, FIGHTING A VIRUS
% PRODUCING MORE QUESTIONS THAN
% ANSWERS.
% >> WHY SOME PATIENTS GET ILL
% REALLY QUICKLY, WHEREAS SOME
% SORT OF STAY STABLE AND RECOVER.
% TRYING TO PREDICT THAT HAS BEEN
% REALLY DIFFICULT.
% >> CHRISTINA BRAHOS IS A
% FIRST-YEAR NURSE.
% SHE DIDN'T EXPECT HER CAREER TO
% START LIKE THIS.
% >> WE HAD HEALTHY YOUNG PEOPLE
% COME IN WHO HAVE NEVER HAD ANY
% TYPE OF SERIOUS ILLNESS BEFORE
% AND NOW THEY ARE INTUBATED IN
% THE ICU.
% >> WITH NO VISITORS ALLOWED, THE
% ONLY FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION
% PATIENTS HAVE ARE WITH HEALTH
% CARE WORKERS.
% >> ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS IS
% SEEING PATIENTS WHO ARE
% UNDERSTANDABLY VERY SCARED.
% >> SHE SAYS IT'S TOUGH TO
% PROVIDE SUPPORT WHILE LIMITING
% EXPOSURE TO THE VIRUS.
% >> YES.
% ON BOTH ENDS WE'RE REALLY
% STRUGGLING EMOTIONALLY.
% >> THEY KNOW THEY AREN'T THE
% ONLY ONES STRUGGLING, ESPECIALLY
% AS THE DEBATE ON REOPENING
% WISCONSIN RAMPS UP.
% >> WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE IN THE
% COMMUNITY HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED
% A LOT OF LOSS IN THEIR INCOME,
% THEIR LIVELIHOOD, THEIR NORMAL
% ROUTINE.
% >> USA, USA, USA!
% >> BUT HERE ON THE FRONT LINES
% OF THE PANDEMIC DOCTORS AND
% NURSES SAY SOCIAL DISTANCING IS
% WORKING AND STILL NECESSARY.
% >> WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC AND
% THINGS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
% FUN OR NORMAL.
% THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO FOR US
% RIGHT NOW IS PLEASE STAY HOME
% AND PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.
% >> REPORTING IN MADISON FOR
% "HERE AND NOW," I'M TREVOR
% KELLER.
% >> A NEW UW-MILWAUKEE REPORT