Dr. Christine Eady MannVerified account

Dear Bell County Judge Blackburn Have you ever intubated a patient? Have you ever stood by the bedside watching your patient struggled to breathe as their lungs filled with fluid? #TX31https://twitter.com/_jacob_sanchez/status/1243616479037329409 …

Have you ever had them try to yank your hands away as you try to save them with a breathing tube and a ventilator? Have you ever had to tie their hands to the bed rails to keep them from pulling their breathing tube out? #TX31

Have you ever watched them die anyway, even after you did every damn thing you could to keep them alive? Do you know how much worse it is when you don’t even have the tools to try save them? No? Maybe you should listen to those of us who have. #TX31

I dream about them often. Sometimes I have to pull to the side of the road to cry. The emotional cost to healthcare workers will be overwhelming