 Hi, I'm hospital corpsman, first class Brittany Berkeley from Hampton, Virginia. I'm stationed here currently on the U.S. NS Comfort. I am a member of the ground team here with patient transport. Our job is to make sure that patients are getting where they need to be with the correct care at the correct time. So we have to manage three different types of communication from our radio and three different chat groups or information systems. So we have a system where we have people out in town who are generating information from the patients and finding patients that will match our needs or what we have here at the comfort and from there the information gets translated to the mock and the mock is a medical officer in charge and once that information gets to him it gets disseminated out to the various departments so that we know where they're going, what their needs are and who's coming and when they're going to be here, which allows us to provide that proper transportation for our patients. So how it works is the mock communicates with different parties and because we're also part of that communication we also get the information. So when there's a vehicle here to come in we're notified that that vehicle is here. We call the transport team so that they're here when the vehicle arrives and then we have the information on who the patient is so that if they need extra care like if they're going to the ICU and they need some ventilation we have that information as well. It's been a lot of interesting pieces and kind of building this from the ground up it started from three chairs and three people in the colds now we have two tents currently and three teams working effectively so it's been a great experience seeing these people come and being super grateful and super amazed at kind of what they're actually being a part of and here it is one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities that we get to be a part of because this has never happened before. So when patients are arriving to us some are super excited to be here and be a part of the process and some are a little apprehensive just because we are intimidating coming up on a group of people in yellow gowns gloves and masks and seeing white tents can be extremely scary so myself and my nursing staff here we try to make them as comfortable as possible giving them great eye contact talking to them smiling with them communicating with them making sure that they have everything that they need from also the EMS staff as well as we so that kind of alleviates a lot of the apprehension as well as the nervousness. It is a scary time for a lot of the older population so we try to make them at ease as much as possible. You smile with your eyes you're smiling in your mask but when you smile your eyes also smile so giving them that eye contact and letting them know that they're going to be okay. When patients come down they're super grateful I actually talked to one of the members that was getting discharged the other day and he was super happy to not only be going home but to be able to receive the care that he did. There was also another gentleman that was being discharged and he was the most sweetest older man he was so happy he almost tried to pay some people but we're like no sir we're here for you so we're just happy that you're healthy you're able to go home. So everybody seems to be really really happy with the care they're receiving on board with the hospitality and the bedside manner. So I've heard nothing but great things so I'm hoping that the momentum keeps going we keep getting patients in and also getting them out because that's our goal to hear. So when we receive patients that are getting discharged a lot of the feedback is genuine happiness. They are excited about the care that they received they the hospitality that they receive between the nursing staff as well as our corpsmen staff. They rave about the people that are on the wards. Some of them don't want to go so we can't keep them as much as we want to we can't but they love it here. They definitely appreciate the time and the effort that we've all taken to participate and alleviate some of the madness that's currently going on. I am a nurturer by nature so being able to put that into practice and help people and save lives and change your lives is an awesome opportunity for us. I'm a hospital corpsman by trade nurtured by nature so it kind of plays into that and just being able to see people leave healthy and happy so as long as I can do that and we can be a part of that couldn't ask for anything else.