When babies born in rural parts of West Virginia need lifesaving care, Hannah Bowen rushes to them, sometimes even by helicopter. As a Neonatal Pediatric Intensive Care Transport Nurse, Hannah lets us in on what it’s like to hold families, and their tiny newborns, with a steady and caring hand whether on a winding West Virginia road or amidst the hum of the hospital.

Join Larrecsa Barker, Community Paramedic, and Whitney Maxey, EMT, on the streets of Huntington, West Virginia as they care for patients days after an overdose. As members of Cabell County’s Quick Response Team, the pair are proving that sometimes it takes getting outside and meeting people where they are to help them find a new path forward.

From his farm in southern West Virginia to McDowell County’s only acute care hospital, Dr. Judd Lindley shows what it means to care for others with humility. He’s spent decades serving the state’s coalfields as an OB-GYN. In this episode, Dr. Lindley shares how his patients have pushed him to rethink his assumptions more than once—and why that’s part of becoming the best doctor he can be.

Petra Howell-Vasale is proof it’s never too late to start over, and it’s never too late to help others. As an Emergency Room nurse based in Beckley, West Virginia, she takes listeners through her career journey from working in Charleston kitchens as a high-end pastry chef to standing at Raleigh General Hospital’s Emergency Room doors when critical cases come in.

Get ready for Season Four of Appalachian Care Chronicles! Join our new host, Kristen Carpenter, as we explore careers in neonatal intensive care, obstetrics and gynecology, emergency medicine, and community paramedicine. Ever wondered what it’s really like behind the scenes in healthcare? Find out this season.