Browsing: Heart of EM

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Heart of EM , Wellness , Medical Education

Pregnant in Residency: An Act in Three Parts

12/3/2024 Ellen Shank, MD
Being pregnant during residency presents many challenges - including the delicate balance between caring for patients and caring for the developing life inside. How do we hold these two realities in t
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Wellness , Heart of EM

Work Hard, Play Hard, Love Harder

10/31/2024 Krupa Shukla, DO
Distance alone is tough on a new relationship, but distance in the midst of residency training is unimaginably tougher. These years can teach you a lot about the true meaning of a partnership.
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Heart of EM

An Empty Loss

2/12/2022 Sophie Karwoska Kligler
When the time of death was called and the moment of silence was finished, we turned and went back to our work. The fact that I felt so little made me feel strange and guilty.
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Heart of EM , Wellness

Heart of EM: Who Are You Competing Against?

8/10/2021 Meredith Busman, MD
I've come to realize the competition isn't my colleagues – it is myself I am trying to beat.
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COVID-19 , Heart of EM

CODE BLUE: An Intern's Reflections from Nights in the COVID-19 ICU

2/5/2021 Benjamen Schoenberg, MD
How could you truly know what it's like in the intensive care unit or emergency department during the peak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic without experiencing it yourself? As a new emergency medicine resi
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Heart of EM , Workplace

Motherhood in Residency

2/4/2021 Alexandra Davic, MD
Are you among the growing number of trainees opting not to wait to start a family? This is your journey, but remember you are dragging all of your peers and supervisors along with you when you embark
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Heart of EM , COVID-19 , Wellness

Heart of EM: I Answered

12/1/2020 Sharland Johnson, MD
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the hospital bursting at the seams and patients growing sicker and sicker as they edged toward a lonely death, I answered.
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Heart of EM , Wellness , Pediatric EM

Heart of EM: Coping with the Loss of a Pediatric Patient in the ED

10/9/2020 Lauren Van Woy, DO
As emergency physicians, we are trained to carry out complex tasks. We mentally rehearse, read, practice, and teach so that when difficult cases arise, we think clearly and concisely. We thrive in hec
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COVID-19 , Heart of EM

What Prickled Today?

8/18/2020 Smruti Desai, DO, MPH
They may have had full lives with love and care and food and jokes before the coronavirus laid claim to them. And though we cannot offer a cure, we offer all we can. Even when it's simply the comfort
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COVID-19 , Heart of EM

Please Don't Take Your Mask Off

8/18/2020 Nicole Anthony, MD
I know you hate the oxygen mask. Do you know how much I wish you didn't need it?