Browsing: Wellness

Wellness , COVID-19

Positivity Amidst Pandemic

10/9/2020 Briana Corkill

The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought havoc on life as we know it, and with that has come an overwhelming collective negativity. Although the damage that COVID-19 has done cannot be minimized, it makes it

Editor's Forum , COVID-19 , Wellness

#PetsOverCOVID19

10/9/2020 Priyanka Lauber, DO

COVID-19 has brought a lot of negatives and challenges, so I will look for and take a positive wherever I can find it. One bright note this year: Pet adoptions are on the rise as people realize the he

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Heart of EM , Wellness

Heart of EM: When Medicine Robs You

8/17/2020 Tiffany Proffitt, DO, MABS

Medicine robs you of the most important moments of your life. We need a more accommodating system.

Wellness

Learning to Take the Heat: The Problem with Stress

8/17/2020 Michael Lauria, MD, NRP, FP-C , Scott Weingart, MD, FACEP, FCCM , Anand Swaminathan, MD, MPH, FACEP , Christopher Hicks, MD, MEd

As an emergency physician, you've studied and trained for every manner of injury, illness, and critical disease. While that knowledge goes far in offering confidence in a treatment plan, it doesn't al

Wellness

Maintaining Wellness as an EM Resident: How to Balance Work Life with Personal Wellness

6/11/2020 Masood R. Mohammed, DO, MS

Perhaps the steepest learning curve during intern year presented itself as the mission to maintain wellness and find a balance that would allow me to keep showing up - for my patients, my co-residents

Compassion Fatigue , Wellness

Premeditated Compassion

4/23/2020 Christopher Zalesky, MD, MSc

If your care saves the patient but leaves their mind wounded, have you fully cared for the patient? Adopting a practice of premeditated compassion would allow us to offer our patients empathy reflexiv

Insurance , Financial , Wellness

Heart of EM: Protecting Your Greatest Investment

4/23/2020 James M. Dahle, MD, FACEP

Doctors wouldn't think of going without malpractice coverage, but far too many fail to insure themselves against an even more expensive risk. Do yourself and your loved ones a favor and get your disab

COVID-19 , Wellness

Weathering the Storm: What Psychiatrists Want You to Know

4/13/2020 Jessi Gold, MD, MS , Margaret Duncan

Overwhelming volume and acuity, an alarming lack of PPE, the anguish of seeing your patients die alone, the jarring incongruence of layoffs and salary cuts - COVID-19 brings with it a major threat to

EMRA Spotlight , Wellness

Meet Taryn Webb, MD

2/25/2020 Taryn Webb, MD

We're pleased to introduce Taryn Webb, MD, chair of the EMRA Wellness Committee, 2020-2021.