TALKycardia

Episode 8 welcomes LIZ, an Emergency Medicine Physician who shares stories about violence, one of which will make your mouth drop open! We chat about the innate responsibility that physicians feel when guiding situations with escalating patients, and how learning lessons over time create better instincts on how to manage the danger and protect the staff.  

Want the inside scoop on pressing charges?? Listen as I interview a police officer on the in's and out's and the thought process from "the other side" during these events.  And what we can do better, how to advocate for ourselves as healthcare workers, and HOW WE CAN GATHER DATA ON SO MANY DROPPED CASES. 

PART 2 of the situation Ammon and Bailey found themselves in...being subpoenaed to court. They deep dive into the psychological game of seeing this person again, the fears of being in the same room again, and then the awful accusation the defense tried to swing.  We need to do better. 

This episode I sat down with Ammon and Bailey, two Emergency Department staff members who lived through an INTENSE situation.  We discuss the dynamic of the experience, the thoughts and feelings, and the aftermath.  Part two will release next week and go into more details of what happened in court! 

Dr. Proffitt shares what goes through her head, priorities, fears, strategies when dealing with aggressive/violent patients and situations. We discuss efforts we have seen, progress to be made, and what could happen if things do not change in healthcare. What goes through A DOCTOR's head during a VIOLENT situation

Dr. Tiffany Proffitt and I continue to discuss some "issues" within the system, and the dangers of working the front-lines.  From obscenities, to our favorite insults, to the average "life span" of an ER medicine physician and why so many  people are choosing to leave the medical field.  We will always respect HIPAA and again are not mentioning any specific organization, as these scenarios and examples are a frequent experience across the board, unfortunately.

Welcome Dr. Tiffany Proffitt, a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician, and a beloved friend! Tiffany shared her medical school experience regarding violence in healthcare, a story of a very pleasant patient (NOT), and how to care for your team when she realized she is the one supposed to "handle it", and what that means from a resource level and how it impacts more than just the one patient. 

This is the launch of something great, for US healthcare workers.  A safe place to share our real experiences not muted or silenced by corporate media teams and minimized.  This is where we team up and find a solution to save our profession.  The abuse and violence on healthcare workers of all disciplines must be stopped. Together we can make a change.  Lets talk about it, welcome to TALKycardia.