It's a strange thing for me.
I don't really have
any fear working here.
Maybe the first few days I did,
cause, you know,
we didn't know much about COVID
and what the results were.
I'm Colonel Roger Scott
and I'm a nurse practitioner.
I had been in the Regular Force
for ten years, when I was young.
When I left the Regular Force,
I just wanted to stay
connected to the military.
There was always something for
me about being in the military.
I decided to stay in the Reserve
Force and here I am, year 36.
My regular job is not
clinical full time.
I'm a director
in the headquarters
and so, when this started
and the extra clinical
horsepower was needed,
it was nice to come back
and get to do patient care
more full time as part
of my regular job.
We've been quietly
back here swabbing away
now for a few months
and taking care of the people
so that they're fit and ready
to go out and do the other part.
Typically, I'm the one
that collects the swab
if I'm the one seeing
that particular patient,
so after we've gone in
and confirmed the history,
we'll get all gowned up.
You’ve got to wash your hands.
It's always about hand-washing
these days.
We tell our patients
to wash their hands.
We wash our hands a lot.
We've got a big blue gown
that we put on, that's
protective, pop on a mask.
The goggles go on or face
shield, put on your gloves,
and then you can go in and do
the exam and collect the swab.
I see patients
after they've been
assessed by one of our medics.
The medics will bring them in
and do a quick assessment set of
vital signs, that sort of thing.
And then they’ll
refer them either to me
or to the physician assistant
or the medical officer.
From the point that I see
them, they're already
in one of our rooms where
we're going to assess them.
When it comes to the swab,
we do the swab.
So it's just a small little swab
that goes in through the nostril
to the back of the throat.
You give it a few spins
to make sure that you pick up
what you need to
and then that's it.
My brother, who is
a Chief Warrant Officer,
he thinks it's okay
as long as I'm safe
but he understands the idea
that you do what you’re
asked to do in the CAF.
My mom doesn't like
it very much at all,
because she is not allowed
to come visit me
and she's also very worried
that I'm going to get sick.
My mom is a quilter and she
downed tools from quilting
and found a pattern online
to start making masks.
And just about everybody that
works in my directorate at NDHQ,
most of the staff here,
have all been the recipients
of one of my mom's
new handmade masks.
So that made her feel
like she's doing something
to help out as well
and I think made her feel
a little bit better
about the fact that I'm here.
Working here doing
this COVID testing,
this frontline response,
for me, it's been satisfying.
This gives me
an opportunity to feel
like I'm doing
just a little bit more.
It's just another part
of what I do as part of my job
as a healthcare provider and
it’s felt good to be part of it.