ICU Work Feels Like What A Soldier Might Experience

DAY 1 OF MIRROR'S VITAL MENTAL HEALTH SERIES

- Matt Roper

NHS VICTIM JESSICA, 35

NHS nurse Jessica Filoteo struggled with being on the front line, looking after Covid patients in intensive care.

At 35, she had spent 10 years as a cath lab nurse but was redeployed at a major London hospital in March last year.

After a day's training, the hardest part was dealing with the patients who were still awake.

She said: I was with an old man who was having difficulty breathing as a doctor told him they would have to intubate him, and that there was a big chance he would never wake up.