October 2021

I’ve had some difficult patients recently. They’ve been incredibly sick and our ICU has been incredibly full.  This has meant that I’ve been pushed to take care of these sick patients for longer than I typically would.  It has moved me out of my comfort zone as an emergency medicine physician and I’ve received some […]

It’s a matter of life and death! This is the healthcare mantra.  If we fuck up, someone could die. That sounds helpful, doesn’t it?  I mean, if I constantly remind myself that what I do is important and that the stakes are incredibly high, I’ll perform better.  Won’t I? Well, let’s think about that.  How

I work nights.  I put a priority on leaving work on time.  The feeling of watching the next doctor walk into the department after a long overnight shift is wonderful.  I also love to leave a good-looking department for that person coming on to shift.  I love it when the waiting room is empty and

I had a doozy of a shift last night.  Medically speaking, it wasn’t all that difficult.  I knew how to diagnose and treat each of my patients, but emotionally it stung.  There were the two patients not much older than I am.  One had newly diagnosed metastatic cancer and the other died in my care