The Physician Grind Podcast

During the pandemic, we’ve been sharing COVID-19 stories on the Physician Grind. Over the last couple of weeks as protests against police violence were met with more police violence, we stopped producing stories in an effort to drop back, listen, and give other voices the ability to speak.

Today we use our platform to discuss inequities in healthcare. One of the many ways Black People in the United States and the world are discriminated against is through medicine.

Overwhelming evidence has shown a disproportionately high infant and maternal mortality in Black populations. Other studies have shown that Black patients are more likely to have their pain under treated. Study after study across the board in medicine shows racial biases or disparities in care, risk assignment, and treatments. It is clear that race is a factor in determining the quality and care accessible to a patient. This is medical racism.

Medical history shows us racism through the generations:

Anarcha, Betsey, Lucy: 3 of many women from the 19th century who had experimental gynecologic surgeries performed without anesthesia because of the belief that Black Women feel pain differently.

Henrietta Lacks: a Black Woman who, without consent, had cancerous cervical cells harvested and used in scientific experiments for decades.

The 600 members and their families of the 40 year Tuskegee syphilis experiment, which continued without treatment after a cure had been identified.

Tyra Hunter: a Black trans woman who was inadequately treated after a car accident. Paramedics and physicians undertreated her injuries because of her gender identity which ultimately led to her death.

Serena Williams was ignored when she told her healthcare providers she was having a pulmonary embolism after giving birth. Her providers thought she was confused from her pain medications. After a significant delay the appropriate testing was performed and the diagnosis was confirmed.

There are too many names of patients who have faced medical racism and died but we will continue to say their names.

Whether we work at a private or county hospital, we are trained and committed to care for all who present to the ED. We serve as the safety net for those who have no other access to care.

As ED providers we must use our voices to advocate for those who are most in need. We must advocate against the disparities in healthcare and community resources that adversely impact our patients. This is the time for our voices to be heard.

We must have the courage and speak out:

Engage in conversation with the people in your ED. Practice how you can call out your colleagues when you hear explicit or implicit racism or biases in meetings, conversations, and jokes.

Engage with local medical professional organizations to ensure that enough is being said to invoke changes

Don’t stand on the sidelines. If you haven’t already, now is the time to take a stand.

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Members of our community have faced huge personal and professional challenges during the COVID-19 response. Thank you for all that you do on the front lines. This episode of the Physician Grind Podcast is part of a series where physicians share how his or her practice has changed in the COVID-19 era.

During his time as an Emergency Medicine Resident in NYC, Dr. Andrew Grock developed a love for the city. The friendships he made while living in New York are life-long and deep. In this episode of the Physician Grind Podcast Dr. Grock shares how difficult it has been to watch the city he loves get hit with COVID-19.

Emergency medicine has been hit hard by COVID-19. We train to be in the trenches, we train for nearly anything. But it's hard to train for a pandemic. This week, and always, we honor all of our colleagues in healthcare and on the frontlines as essential workers who have died of COVID-19.

We are stronger together. Please reach out if you have a story to share or just want to talk. Take care and stay safe.

Most importantly, if you are having thoughts of suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK) or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources.

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Members of our community have faced huge personal and professional challenges during the COVID-19 response. Thank you for all that you do on the front lines. This episode of the Physician Grind Podcast is part of a series where physicians share how his or her practice has changed in the COVID-19 era.

At first, COVID seemed so far away. Then it started creeping closer and the magnitude of the pandemic revealed itself. Hospitals braced for the impending wave of patients. In this episode of the Physician Grind Podcast Dr. Basrai shares the feeling of anticipation as local hospitals nervously waited for the wave of COVID patients to hit them.

Emergency medicine has been hit hard by COVID-19. We train to be in the trenches, we train for nearly anything. But it's hard to train for a pandemic. This week, and always, we honor all of our colleagues in healthcare and on the frontlines as essential workers who have died of COVID-19.

We are stronger together. Please reach out if you have a story to share or just want to talk. Take care and stay safe.

Most importantly, if you are having thoughts of suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK) or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources.

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Members of our community have faced huge personal and professional challenges during the COVID-19 response. Thank you for all that you do on the front lines. This episode of the Physician Grind Podcast is part of a series where physicians share how his or her practice has changed in the COVID-19 era.

Emergency Medicine Physicians face countless patients in cardiac arrest during the course of their careers. This experience makes an EM Physician a master at leading codes. However, with all of the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, the way in which codes are run has changed. In this episode of the Physician Grind, an anonymous EM Physician describes her struggle in figuring out how she can be a code leader while keeping all of the staff and herself safe. Hear the full story at https://www.blog.numose.com/physician-podcast/coding-covid

Emergency medicine has been hit hard by COVID-19. We train to be in the trenches, we train for nearly anything. But it's hard to train for a pandemic. This week, and always, we honor all of our colleagues in healthcare and on the frontlines as essential workers who have died of COVID-19.

We are stronger together. Please reach out if you have a story to share or just want to talk. Take care and stay safe.

Most importantly, if you are having thoughts of suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK) or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources.

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Members of our community have faced huge personal and professional challenges during the COVID-19 response. Many of us are physically and emotionally exhausted, and we know it's not over yet. The Physician Grind started as a personal writing project; a therapeutic place for me to document my experiences in the ED. It has grown into a forum for healthcare workers to share experiences and receive support from each other. When we're all together, it's easy to share the funny stories, but at its core, this forum exists so we can share our sorrows, our fears, and our pain that no one but our colleagues can truly understand.

Emergency medicine has been hit hard by COVID-19. We train to be in the trenches, we train for nearly anything. But it's hard to train for a pandemic. This week, and always, we honor all of our colleagues in healthcare and on the frontlines as essential workers who have died of COVID-19.

We are stronger together. Please reach out if you have a story to share or just want to talk. Take care and stay safe.

Most importantly, if you are having thoughts of suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK) or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources.

In this episode of the Physician Grind Podcast, Dr. Basrai feels the stress of COVID-19 not only in the hospital but also at home.

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In this episode of the Physician Grind Podcast, Dr. Adler shares his first encounter with a critically ill COVID-19 patient.

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In this episode of the Physician Grind Podcast, Dr. Anderson shares a story of a patient who presents with the claim of a retained foreign body.

This story was live recorded at our EM Storytelling Happy Hour in Denver, Colorado. Special thanks to our sponsor Locumstory for making the event possible.

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In this episode of the Physician Grind Podcast, Dr. Silk remembers airlifting a burn victim from Haiti to Florida. Step number 1 before hitting altitude: protect the airway.

This story was live recorded at our EM Storytelling Happy Hour in Denver, Colorado. Special thanks to our sponsor Locumstory for making the event possible.

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In this episode of the Physician Grind Podcast, Dr. Seleno remembers a shift that quickly goes from being calm to complete chaos. Her evaluation of a chest pain patient is interrupted when a psychiatric patient starts running around the department. Her attention is only brought back to the patient with chest pain when his wife comes out of the room screaming. Full episode at http://www.blog.numose.com/physician-podcast/banana-bread

This story was live recorded at our EM Storytelling Happy Hour in Denver, Colorado. Special thanks to our sponsor Locumstory for making the event possible.

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In This episode of the Physician Grind Podcast, Dr. Ekanayake shares with us a story from residency. It’s the middle of the night when the nurses suddenly place a patient in the trauma resuscitation room of the ED. Dr. Ekanayake walks in, expecting to see a sick trauma patient but instead finds a middle-age man reading a library book. Hear more of how this seemingly benign encounter turned into an unforgettable experience for Dr. Ekanayake at https://www.blog.numose.com/physician-podcast/bind

This story was live recorded at our EM Storytelling Happy Hour in Denver, Colorado. Special thanks to our sponsor Locumstory for making the event possible.

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