Emergency Medicine News - The Physician Grind @ EMN with Zahir Basrai, MD

Bryan Brusick, RN, tells a story about dealing with an animated trauma patient. He had been hit by a car and began screaming and refused to answer questions. One of the paramedics decided to look through his bag to see if he had any drugs that would explain his erratic behavior, and learned that sometimes it's better not to look through a satchel.

An emergency physician, who preferred to stay anonymous, shares her experience with the COVID-19 surge.

Bryan Brusick, RN, shares a story about a patient he treated while working on Thanksgiving. Initially, the patient was calm and cooperative, but like most things in the ED, that suddenly changed.

Dr. Basrai talks about how hard it can be when a stable patient takes a sudden turn for the worse.

Devlyn Corrigan, DO, shares a story from his surgical rotation as a medical student where the words “don’t rock the boat” held deep meaning for him.

Dr. Zahir Basrai returns to share a story from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. A patient presented with altered mental status and needed to be intubated. Little did he know that securing the patient's airway would set off a hospital-wide fire drill.

Most of the time things go smoothly in the pediatric ED, but Zahir Basrai, MD, says when things go wrong, they go really wrong. In this episode, he shares a story of a pediatric cardiac arrest. Initially, the resuscitation was mechanical, but all of that changed when the patient’s father was brought into the room.

Andrew Grock, MD, remembers a moment in his intern year where a patient thought he was someone else.

Erik Adler, MD, talks about what he got wrong in his first encounter with a critically ill COVID19-patient.

Gregory Powell, MD, shares a life-changing experience that resulted in his interest in wilderness medicine.