On NPR, you can listen to this 4 minute interview from an ICU nurse on the frontlines as she discusses patient regrets, masks, and surviving the pandemic with Audie Cornish on All Things Considered.
Mobley describes this very common experience:
“A lot of times before they’re intubated — which means put on a ventilator because they can’t breathe on their own — when they’re still struggling to breathe, and they’re saying, ‘Well, I didn’t know COVID was real, and I wish I’d worn a mask.’ And then it’s already too late,” she tells NPR’s All Things Considered. “You can see the regret, as they’re struggling to breathe and it’s finally hitting them that this is real. It makes me very sad.”
Hear more at ‘You Can See The Regret’: ICU Nurse On Patients Who Failed To Take COVID Precautions