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In Pictures: Behind the Scenes of Cook Children's High Census and COVID-19 Surge

This photo series documents the week of Aug. 30, 2021 at Cook Children's Medical Center. 

Cook Children's Medical Center
August 30, 2021
Signage regarding COVID-19 testing options at Cook Children's Emergency Department entrance.
August 30, 2021
Medical staff treating a child in Cook Children's trauma unit of the Emergency Department.
August 30, 2021
Medical staff in Cook Children's trauma unit of the Emergency Department.
August 30, 2021
Children coloring in Cook Children's Emergency Department as they wait to be seen. The ED saw 601 patients on this day, double the typical number seen.
August 30, 2021
Children coloring in Cook Children's Emergency Department as they wait to be seen. The ED saw 601 patients on this day, double the typical number seen.
August 30, 2021
Signs hanging in a window on Cook Children's campus.
August 30, 2021
People standing in line at Cook Children's Urgent Care in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Wait times on this evening were averaging four hours due to high demand and limited staff.
August 30, 2021
Mother holds daughter while waiting at Cook Children's Urgent Care in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Wait times on this evening were averaging four hours due to high demand and limited staff.
August 30, 2021
Cook Children's staff member performing COVID-19 tests at urgent care downtown.
August 30, 2021
Protective gown handing outside of exam room at Cook Children's Urgent Care downtown.
August 30, 2021
Discarded protective equipment piling up at Cook Children's Urgent Care downtown.
August 30, 2021
Cook Children's physicians and medical team rounding in COVID-19 ICU.
August 31, 2021
ECMO nurses treat patient in COVID-19 ICU at Cook Children's Medical Center.
August 31, 2021
COVID-19 ICU staff members at Cook Children's Medical Center.
August 31, 2021
ECMO nurses treat patients in COVID-19 ICU at Cook Children's Medical Center.
August 31, 2021
Child being treated in COVID-19 ICU at Cook Children's Medical Center.
August 31, 2021
Child being treated in COVID-19 ICU at Cook Children's Medical Center.
August 31, 2021
COVID-19 ICU nurse prepares to enter patient room at Cook Children's Medical Center.
August 31, 2021
COVID-19 ICU staff member suited up in a PAPR.
August 31, 2021