Ep. 1: Airborne

A New York City nurse's raw account of the mounting distress and heartbreak within her COVID-19 ICU at the height of the pandemic.&nbsp;Starting in April 2020, as cases surged in the City and decimated its hospitals, the series records post-shift, late-night phone calls between an advanced ICU nurse and her close friend. ﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿SURGE is a rare look inside a hospital mired in fear and confusion, and at a savage disease that devastates both patients and the medical professionals who care for them.

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A New York City nurse's raw account of the mounting distress and heartbreak within her COVID-19 ICU at the height of the pandemic. Starting in April 2020, as cases surged in the City and decimated its hospitals, the series records post-shift, late-night phone calls between an advanced ICU nurse and her close friend. ﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿SURGE is a rare look inside a hospital mired in fear and confusion, and at a savage disease that devastates both patients and the medical professionals who care for them.

Surge: An ICU Nurse on the Front Lines of New York City's COVID-19 Epidemic

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Ep. 1: Airborne

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