On-Call with Dr. Dave

Chesley is an EMS Pilot and also a volunteer EMT. He is often first on the scene and sees some of the most intense situations. He lives in a small community and most of his patients are family, friends, or acquaintances. When people see him they instantly feel some comfort. Find out what it’s like in the back of an ambulance or in a cramped helicopter transporting some of the sickest patients.

Nurse Dan is our first guest outside of our friend circle. He comes from a family of doctors. Find out what drew him to nursing instead of med school. He shares what drives him and what almost broke him. His journey like most nurses is full of highs and very deep lows.

We discuss why you owe it to your loved ones to discuss your end of life wishes no matter your age or health. Have these conversations now and create an Advance Directive. https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/advance-care-planning-advance-directives-health-care

Dr. Dave and Ashley sit down with their friend Francesco to discuss identity, imposter syndrome, and the battle against insurance companies.

In this episode we dig into the following questions: Why do doctors view their professions as more as a calling than a job? How has this changed in recent years? Why are doctors confident and don’t have imposter syndrome?

Dr. Jimmy and Brené Brown would get along. Dr. Jimmy is an internal medicine doctor that specializes in addiction medicine. He shares his own personal story and gets vulnerable and honest in the podcast. He explains how he takes this approach in his personal life and with his patients. Learn how to destigmatize addiction and ways you can help. We are all just people doing our best.

Dr. Dave and his good friend Ty discuss consent for exams under anesthesia and how to appropriately consent. We also go back to medical school and discuss how medical students are taught to do pelvic and rectal exam. And yes, it is just as awkward as you might imagine! The second portion of the conversation focuses on how patients can advocate for themselves and get the most out of their appointments with doctors.

Dr. Jesse is an ophthalmologist and specializes in eye surgery. In this episode he shares some some stories about serious trauma to the eyeball. If the words fish hook, ball point pen, and paintball don't scare you yet then they soon will! He also shows his humanity and his willingness to not only go the extra mile but an extra 20 miles in order to give his patient the proper care.

Dr. Farhan is an eye surgeon who takes great pride in what he does. When he thinks about the impactful experiences of his career he chose to focus on two of his most vulnerable patients who needed additional care and expertise. Listen how his compassion drives him to go the extra mile to give his patients the best care he can give them. At the end find out what shocked him when he went into a patient's room.

Nurse Lori has seen it all on the labor and delivery floor. Most people show up and leave with a baby. That's the way it supposed to go. The stories that have stuck with Nurse Lori are the sad and humorous. Trigger warning one story is about infant loss. We finish with a lightherted story where everyone left friends even though something was left behind!

This week find out what it was like for Dave and Ashley to go through medical training. Ashley shares what it was like to be the spouse of someone going through training. Dr. Dave shares the workload, stress, and financial burden of the process. At the end of it all both of them would do it all over again. 

In this episode nurse Corley shares what inspired her to go into nursing and why she works with our veterans. Our veterans have unique needs and they are lucky to have someone like Corley caring for them.