High stress and difficult emotions: critical care physician weighs in on a year of pandemic

For the past year, University of Alberta Hospital critical care physician Dr. Peter Brindley has been a regular guest of Gord Steinke, sharing the challenges front-line workers faced as the COVID-19 pandemic grew. On the one year anniversary of Alberta’s first confirmed case, he shares how it was “like drinking from a fire hose to get staff up to speed” as the number of patients grew.