In this edition of the Physician Grind, Dr. Adler talks about isolating after testing positive for COVID-19.
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Retiring From Emergency Medicine Practice
In this edition of the Physician Grind Narratives, Dr. Burg shares how it’s time to hang up the gloves.
Protect Your Heroes
“My training has taught me one thing, and that is to prepare for the direst outcome with each and every case. I secure my mask and enter, knowing full well that the tide always recedes before the tsunami hits.”
Calm Before the Storm
The preparation for COVID-19 was a sprint. We saw what was happening in Italy and NY and braced ourselves for our impending wave in Los Angeles. Once we were ready, what we experienced was an eerie calm before the storm.
I Got This One Wrong
COVID-19 has been difficult for us all. When it first started we didn’t know how much it would affect us and it was easy to underestimate how devastating it could be. In this edition of the Physician Grind Narratives, Dr. Adler shares his first experience with COVID-19.
Precordial Thump
By the hammer of Thor! In this edition of the Physician Grind Narratives, Dr. Adler shares a story from residency about superhuman efforts to resuscitate a patient in v-fib and the effects on his own medical education.
Cracking Skulls Son
I'm on my neurosurgery rotation. Wake up at 3am. Get in at 4am. Round on the patients on the service. Round with the Attending and my senior neurosurgery resident. Go to clinic. See consults. Senior resident is a little off today. He’s being a complete dick about dumb stuff.