June 12, 2020Alarms were blaring in the COVID-19 intensive care unit. A patient suddenly had awakened in the dark. A breathing tube was threaded down her throat.It was a few minutes before 1 a.m., and her sedatives had worn off. In her room, behind a wall of windows and a closed glass door, she twisted against the wrist restraint that kept her from dislodging the tube. She bit down on the tube and tried to lift her arm.If she pulled out the tube, she could die.Her nurse, Frank Salinas, hurried to her door. He needed to enter the room to calm her down.But first, he had to put on a yellow...…June 12, 2020Alarms were blaring in the COVID-19 intensive care unit. A patient suddenly had awakened in the dark. A breathing tube was threaded down her throat.It was a few minutes before 1 a.m., and her sedatives had worn off. In her room, behind a wall of windows and a closed glass door, she twisted against the wrist restraint that kept her from dislodging the tube. She bit down on the tube and tried to lift her arm.If she pulled out the tube, she could die.Her nurse, Frank Salinas, hurried to her door. He needed to enter the room to calm her down.But first, he had to put on a yellow...WW…

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