The Nocturnists

What have we learned about the sickness caused by coronavirus? You’ll hear from diarists from Michigan, Maryland, Ontario/Canada, Massachusetts, and California. You will hear from a meds/peds resident, a neuroimmunology fellow, a MICU nurse, two internal medicine residents, a primary care doctor, and an OB/GYN. Hosted by Emily Silverman Produced by Emily Silverman and Adelaide Papazoglou Illustrations by Lindsay Mound This series is brought to you by the California Medical Association, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and donations from our listeners. Find show notes, transcript, and more at thenocturnists.com. Follow @thenocturnists. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thenocturnists.substack.com

What’s it like to be a healthcare worker standing on the sidelines during a pandemic? This week, you’ll hear from diarists from California, North Carolina, Indiana, Texas, and New York, including a primary care doctor, a travel nurse, a speech language pathologist, a pediatrician, an endocrinologist, and critical care doctor. Featuring the song Helpless by Neil Young. Hosted by Emily Silverman Produced by Emily Silverman and Adelaide Papazoglou Illustrations by Lindsay Mound This series is brought to you by the California Medical Association, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and donations from our listeners. Find show notes, transcript, and more at thenocturnists.com. Follow @thenocturnists. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thenocturnists.substack.com

This week you discuss ventilator hacks, breathing tubes, search and rescue, and ministries of presence. You will hear from diarists in New York, Colorado, Maryland, Indiana, Atlanta, and California, who include a family physician, a nurse practitioner, a veterinarian, a medical student, a couple of interns, and a hospital chaplain. Featuring Bill Withers’ Lean on Me. Hosted by Emily Silverman Produced by Emily Silverman and Adelaide Papazoglou Illustrations by Lindsay Mound This series is brought to you by the California Medical Association, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and donations from our listeners. Find show notes, transcript, and more at thenocturnists.com. Follow @thenocturnists. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thenocturnists.substack.com

What have we learned about the virus so far? In the third episode of Stories from a Pandemic, you will hear voices of a MICU nurse in San Francisco, an internal medicine resident in New York City, an internal medicine resident in Montreal, Canada, a neonatology fellow in Pennsylvania, a geriatrician in California, a participant in a study of a candidate vaccine, an anonymous health care provider, and a medical student in New York City. Produced by Emily Silverman, Adelaide Papazoglou, and Vishal Khetpal Illustrations by Lindsay Mound This series is brought to you by the California Medical Association, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and donations from our listeners. Learn more and support us at thenocturnists.com. Thank you! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thenocturnists.substack.com

The COVID pandemic arrives in the USA. In this episode of The Nocturnists: Stories from a Pandemic, you will hear diary entries from healthcare workers from New York, California, Massachusetts, and Indiana, all grappling with the first of the COVID case arrivals in their institutions. You will hear the voices of an internist, a pulmonologist, an emergency medicine intern, a clinical laboratory scientist, and a recently graduated medical student. Produced by Emily Silverman, Adelaide Papazoglou, and Vishal Khetpal Illustrations by Lindsay Mound This series is brought to you by the California Medical Association, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and donations from our listeners. Find show notes, transcript, and more at thenocturnists.com. Follow @thenocturnists. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thenocturnists.substack.com

In the first episode of our new Stories from a Pandemic series, you share stories of bracing for disaster. You will hear the voices of a trauma nurse in San Francisco, a pediatric emergency medicine doctor in New York City, a Durable Medical Equipment (DME) truck driver in the Southern US, a neonatologist in Pennsylvania, a neurosurgery resident in Los Angeles, an emergency medicine physician in Arizona, and an internal medicine resident in New York City. Produced by Emily Silverman, Adelaide Papazoglou, and Vishal Khetpal Illustrations by Lindsay Mound This series is brought to you by the California Medical Association, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and donations from our listeners. Find show notes, transcript, and more at thenocturnists.com. Follow @thenocturnists. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thenocturnists.substack.com

Rasha Khoury takes us inside a Doctors Without Borders hospital. Illustrations by Lindsay Mound. Original theme music by Yosef Munro. Other music comes from Blue Dot Sessions. This season of The Nocturnists was made possible by the California Medical Association. Learn more at cmadocs.org. Learn more and support us at thenocturnists.com. Thank you! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thenocturnists.substack.com

Social worker Emmeline Sun has to betray the trust of a client in order to care for him. Illustrations by Lindsay Mound. Original theme music by Yosef Munro. Other music comes from Blue Dot Sessions. This season of The Nocturnists was made possible by the California Medical Association. Learn more at cmadocs.org. Learn more and support us at thenocturnists.com. Thank you! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thenocturnists.substack.com

On Jeremy Topin's first call night in the ICU, his checklist was not enough. Illustrations by Lindsay Mound. Original theme music by Yosef Munro. Other music comes from Blue Dot Sessions. This episode was made possible by Vocera Communication’s Experience Innovation Network, an organization that has investigated the impact of stress, divided attention, and cognitive load on clinicians, and published data on how it affects communication and emotional wellbeing. Learn more about their work here. This season of The Nocturnists was made possible by the California Medical Association. Learn more at cmadocs.org. Learn more and support us at thenocturnists.com. Thank you! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thenocturnists.substack.com

Hospitalist Abhi Kole tells a story about the ethics—and the art—of blocking patients. Illustrations by Lindsay Mound. Original theme music by Yosef Munro. Other music comes from Blue Dot Sessions. This episode was made possible by Vocera Communication’s Experience Innovation Network, an organization that has investigated the impact of stress, divided attention, and cognitive load on clinicians, and published data on how it affects communication and emotional wellbeing. Learn more about their work here. This season of The Nocturnists was made possible by the California Medical Association. Learn more at cmadocs.org. Learn more and support us at thenocturnists.com. Thank you! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thenocturnists.substack.com