BERMAN: This morning, nurses at the Life Care Nursing Home in Kirkland, Washington, are speaking out about the first terrifying days of the coronavirus pandemic here in the United States. CNN's Sara Sidner with a CNN exclusive.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It was like a war zone.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So, all of the sudden, there were so many patients. Everybody needed medications, everybody needed treatment.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We had 70 staff within a week that were out.</s>SARA SIDNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: These healthcare workers were among the first to battle the COVID-19 outbreak in America. Few in the United States have more experience with the deadly toll it took. How quickly do you see the demise of someone with COVID-19?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Less than 24 hours.</s>SIDNER: They work at Life Care Center of Kirkland, the nursing home where the first known U.S. cluster of COVID-19 deaths and infections occurred. For a month, they have been treating and continue to treat coronavirus-infected patients. END
Nurses Describe Battlefield Inside Washington Nursing Home.