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18: Vacation's Over

Dr. Basrai
Doctor Blog, Doctor Podcast, Emergency Medicine, Just Another Day, Medicine, Narrative Medicine, Physician Blog, Physician Podcast

In this episode of the Physician Grind Podcast, Dr. Zahir shares with us a story of when an emergency suddenly ended his vacation. He had just returned from a "soul searching" trip to India and South East Asia, when he decided to go bowling with old friends. On his drive home the traffic on the freeway suddenly stopped. What he found was a motorcyclist on the ground that had been involved in a terrible accident. Dr. Zahir struggles with dealing with an emergency outside of the comfort of an Emergency Department. He feels useless as he tries to figure out what to do to help begin the resuscitation of the patient. Luckily paramedics arrive before the patient loses his pulse and are able to scoop and run. Link to the full written narrative piece: http://www.blog.numose.com/physician/vacationsover


09: Surprise Delivery

Dr. Basrai
Physician Blog, Narrative Medicine, Medicine, Just Another Day, Emergency Medicine, Doctor Blog

In this episode of the Physician Grind Podcast, Dr. Michael returns to share with us another one of his incredible stories from the Emergency Department. Dr. Michael is in the middle of his shift when a pregnant patient in labor is brought in. After examining the patient, Dr. Michael determines that the delivery is imminent and that there is no time to take the patient to labor and delivery. An OB/GYN intern rotating in the Emergency Department performs the delivery with no problem. However, as she is about to perform an episiotomy tear repair, she is greeted by a "surprise delivery".