Where Did Our ICU Staff Go? Staffing Challenges During and After the Pandemic

As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, early limitations in ventilators and PPE have been replaced by acute shortages of clinical staff. Surveys of critical care physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and respiratory therapists reveal that high numbers have left or will leave their professions in the near term. In this episode, our expert panelists discuss the sources of staff shortage, the contribution of pandemic burnout, and the ways that we can support one another while rebuilding our health systems for the future. Moderator: Steven Q. Simpson, MD, FCCP. Panelists: Lisa Burry, PharmD, FCCP; Vicki Good, DNP, RN; Steven Mitchell, MD; and Vikramjit Mukherjee, MD. For more COVID-19 resources, visit https://www.chestnet.org/Topic-Collections/COVID-19.