Name
Suarez, Phil (Interviewee)
Goyal, Rishi (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Phil Suarez, 2020
Abstract
Phil Suarez recounts his time working as a paramedic in New York during COVID-19. Suarez details the efforts he took to keep himself, his community, and his patients safe, including specific medical procedures and methods to get concrete information. He also discusses the pandemic's impacts on immigrant communities
Collection Name
New York City COVID-19 Narrative and Memory oral history collection
Subjects
Emergency medical technicians; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; COVID-19 (Disease)--Social Aspects; Epidemics--Social Aspects; Hospitals--Emergency services--United States; COVID-19 (Disease)--Health aspects; Emergency medical services; New York (N.Y.) Emigration and immigration; Suarez, Phil
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2020
Physical Description
34 pages
Note (Biographical)
Phil Suarez is a paramedic in New York City who currently resides in eastern Connecticut
Note
Interviewed by Rishi Goyal on October 6, 2020
Note (Provenance)
Phil Suarez, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2023
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
18909676
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/kr0s-je71