ER physician for 15 years

He talks about this path into med school and emergency medicine as his first choice

He likes the challenge, lack of predictability and wide scope of problems we must solve. We have the honor to accept patients when no one else will

Lucas talks about how the term emergency medicine is almost becoming antiquated when we are doing acute, undifferentiated care

Some of the care is emergencies, but not all. And that’s probably for the best so we don’t get burned out

He talks about burnout and how we should focus on how to manage it when it happens as opposed to how to prevent it all the time

You need to accept that burnout will happen, so you don’t have an expectation mismatch

Being aware of your own burnout is key to correcting it

Optimizing the other things in your life outside of work like exercise, nutrition, community is key

Be intentional about focusing on the enriching case, appreciative patient, positive conversation you have throughout the day. If you look for the positive you will find it and then do whatever you need to do to get it in your long-term memory

Lucas talks about gratitude and how this requires intentionality as well

We talk about how much to share with spouses 

We talk about the role of the clinician in the ED and how we have a lot of things to manage that other staff may not see

We talk about how to manage our limited resources

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