Heroes, right here.
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, from all walks of life, and are right here in our communities, tackling one of the greatest challenges modern healthcare has ever faced. Read, watch and listen to their stories.
The phlebotomist who, after a long shift at the hospital, spends her free time cooking and delivering hot meals to seniors and truck drivers. A physical therapy assistant plucked from her normal duties and redeployed to screen her friends and neighbors in a tent outside the ER. The environmental services workers who sanitize, disinfect and deep-clean our hospitals and clinics, putting their own health at risk in the process.
We’re surrounded every day by heroes.
In honor of those working tirelessly to get us through the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re sharing the stories of our heroes and the incredible work they do.
Working the front lines from behind the scenes
Handling samples of a highly infectious virus isn’t something everyone would be willing to do. But these two analytical specialists remain capable and confident, fielding COVID tests from Geisinger’s laboratory.
Flying the flag: Providing spiritual care and guidance during a pandemic
As staff chaplain, Gary Heinke has an important job: attending to the spiritual needs of Geisinger patients and staff.
Keeping things positive for patients and staff
Patient experience director Gretchen Ramsey’s role has a new twist: Making sure patients and hospital staff feel well-cared for.
Feeding the Geisinger community
In the face of COVID, 3 dietitians find themselves working with food in a different way.
What a day: 3 COVID-19 patients taken off ventilators
To take even one patient in the ICU off a ventilator after nearly two weeks takes a team of heroes, and on April 7, the team at Geisinger Community Medical Center extubated three.
The power of 3D printing: From raw material to protecting our front lines
The 3D printing lab at Geisinger is already an amazing team — now instead of producing models of organs, they’re creating devices to keep our teams safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Strength through adversity — InterMetro Industries puts new ideas to work
When “business as usual” changed for InterMetro Industries, its staff found ways to adapt — and got creative in the process.