Behind the Drapes: Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Why does financial literacy matter? Because money can be stressful, and reducing stress can make you productive in other parts of life - like your job. Being able to navigate debt and earning a paycheck starts with seeking out information and knowledge that can help aid you in your decision making. Everyone has different financial situations and understanding your own is most important. Hopefully some of the lessons in this episode (and the rest of the season) will make you feel like a more informed manager of your money. This season starts off again with one of my favorite guests, Dr. Shyamal Asher, who inspired the theme of this episode after I sat in on his medical student lecture about finances. Here’s what’s coming this episode:

03:00 Why is financial literacy important

09:30 Financial stressors leading to burnout

12:30 Financial Independence

17:00 Disability Insurance

22:50 Life Insurance

27:00 Personal Belonging Insurance

Welcome to the 10th episode of the PocketPod Series! It might not seem like much, but from episode 1 to now I’ve seen a lot of growth in Rachel, our topics, and how our conversations play out. With this milestone episode along our journey of creating pocket-sized conversations around medicine, we take some time to reflect on how this all started, included the beginning of keywordsxkenny. Listen along as we talk about legacy, education in medicine, and restoring the public’s faith in health care providers. Also, stay tuned at the end for a preview of what’s to come in the second season of my main series, Behind the Drapes.

Thanks for tuning in for our 9th episode of Pocket Pods! (Ignore the fact that I called it episode 8 in the intro…lol). In this episode, we talk about how the Biden administration is looking to shake things up in the organ transplant world and introduce some competition to UNOS - the sole organization that ran organ distribution on a federal level for 40 years.

Welcome back to The Kigali Tapes. In part 2, I recap our second week in Rwanda. Danny Bui has joined us for this week! We get into more academic time with the residents, teaching in the OR and ICU, meeting a new friend, and continuing to eat delicious food every day. Come hear about our last week in Rwanda! 00:37 Day 8 Sunday 3/12/23

07:26 Day 9 Monday 3/13/23

15:08 Day 10 Tuesday 3/14/23

22:05 Day 11 Wednesday 3/15/23

26:35 Day 12 Thursday 3/16/23

33:47 Day 13 Friday 3/17/23

You’ve arrived in Kigali, Rwanda on a 2-week Global Health elective that focuses on educating the anesthesia residents of the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK). In this 2-part series, you will hear stories and detailed accounts of our time in Rwanda such as the academic days, time in the operating theaters, a POCUS workshop, and all the great food and conversations we had along the way.

00:20 Day 1 Sunday 3/5/23

04:20 Day 2 Monday 3/6/23

10:53 Day 3 Tuesday 3/7/23

19:35 Day 4 Wednesday 3/8/23

26:30 Day 5 Thursday 3/9/23

33:17 Day 6 Friday 3/10/23

40:20 Day 7 Saturday 3/11/23

In this pocket-sized episode, we talk about the difference of hospice vs. palliative care. As Jimmy Carter enters into hospice care, it’s a good reminder to everyone that having the hard discussion of end-of-life care and goals of care with family members can save a lot of heartache when the time comes to make these decisions. Knowing what resources are available is a step in the right direction of how to navigate this time period. Listen along as we discuss what you can expect with both forms of care and a little about our own family’s experience with hospice care.

Welcome back to another installment of the PocketPod series! In this episode, Rachel and Kenny talk about “Holiday Heart”. This condition refers to when patients develop heart failure around the holidays. This can be from increased salt intake, alcohol/caffeine consumption, inactivity, and cold weather. Listen along as we talk about risk factors, signs and symptoms that would be concerning enough to go to the hospital, what the typical hospital treatment consists of, and how to prevent it around the holidays.

In this pocket-sized episode, Rachel and Kenny talk about situations in medicine when people could have been a little nicer to one another, why medicine drives us to this point, and the importance of understanding that majority of people we work with all share the common goal of providing the best care possible to patients.

This episode is the finale of what I consider to be a season full of interesting, knowledgeable, and impactful Anesthesiologists - this episode fits all of that and more. There are countless moments that I will never forget when working with Dr. Maslow. From cardiac cases, ambulatory surgery, and even tonight as I write this while on OB call with him, Dr. Maslow (intentional or not) will teach me something new every time I work with him. You’ll be able to tell from my introduction how much I look up to him. He is incredibly smart, talented procedurally, and can get almost any patient laughing even in life and death situations. Tune in to see what’s going on Behind the Drapes with Dr. Maslow in this Season 1 finale.

01:40 Introduction

05:30 Joining the Army

09:05 Why Anesthesia?

13:30 How to calm a patient before surgery

17:45 Beginning of Career

22:20 Life at RIH

27:15 Starting a Residency at RIH

31:00 Calling Residents the Night Before

35:00 Proudest Moments of Career

38:30 Plans for Life After Anesthesia

Welcome back to another episode of Behind the Drapes! In this episode, we talk to Dr. Brenda Satterthwaite - one of the assistant program directors and the clinical site director for The Miriam Hospital. In this episode we not only talk about her academic and administrative roles, we get into scuba diving, Settlers of Catan strategy, and how she decompresses from a stressful day. If you’re a parent and are curious what to expect if your child ever needs surgery, Brenda also does a good job explaining what it’s like being a Pediatric Anesthesiologist. Come see what’s going on Behind the Drapes with Dr. Satterthwaite!

02:00 Board Games

05:30 Scuba Diving

11:30 What got you into anesthesia?

14:30 Favorite/hardest parts w/ anesthesia

16:45 How do you decompress?

18:45 Decision to pursue pediatrics

21:00 Advice for residents on pedi

23:30 How to communicate with parents

32:00 Site Director for The Miriam Hospital

34:45 What future goals do you have?