All in Just Another Day

27: The Queen

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

In this episode of the Physician Grind Podcast Dr. TIna Nguyen shares with us a story from residency. The chief complaint is rectal pain. The end result is the coronation of a new queen in emergency medicine.

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24: Mistaken Identity

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

In this episode, Jessica shares with us a memory from her EM sub I. She enthusiastically comes to her shift and is assigned a patient by her attending. Her attending gives her a brief overview of the patient but when she performs her own history and physical things don't line up exactly. What ensues is a case of mistaken identity.

22: Surprise Delivery

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

This episode of the Physician Grind Podcast is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Michael Smolens. It originally aired September 6, 2017. Dr. Smolens was an incredible physician, teacher, and mentor. He will be missed dearly. 


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".

21: At the Request of a Father

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

This episode of the Physician Grind Podcast is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Michael Smolens. It originally aired May 14, 2017. Dr. Smolens was an incredible physician, teacher, and mentor. He will be missed dearly. 

Dr. Michael shares a story from his days in training.  A "father" requests to see his son one last time before the son heads to the Operating Room. What ensues is old school ER. 


19: Is there a Doctor on the Plane

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

There is nothing more terrifying than hearing the flight attendant call for a healthcare emergency. You never know what you are going to get yourself into. Is the patient about to code? Do I need to divert the flight to the closest airport? In this episode of the Physician Grind Podcast Dr. Zahir shares his experience with an airplane medical emergency. Share your Airplane emergency story in the comments

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


13: The Power of Hulkamania

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

In this episode Dr. Zahir shares the story of inserting his first chest tube. After a long overnight call, the cobwebs are suddenly cleared when he summons the power of Hulkamania to complete the procedure.  Under the watchful eyes of surgeons, Dr. Zahir hears his fans cheering him on and successfully inserts the chest tube.  

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".

08: The Trusty Satchel

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

In this episode of the Physician Grind Podcast, Bryan shares with us the story of dealing with an "animated" trauma patient. The patient was riding his bicycle when he was hit by a car. The patient is screaming and refusing to answer any questions. One of the paramedics decides to look through his bag to see if there are any drugs that would explain his erratic behavior. Sometimes it's just better not to look through the contents of a Satchel.

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