StorytellERdoc

JULY 10, 2014

Emergency, as per the all-knowing Webster, is defined as an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. Furthermore, an emergency is also defined as an urgent need for assistance or relief. To office appointments sent to the ER because "we are overbooked today." Broken bones.

ER 100

ER Emergency Room Family Doctor Illness 100

StorytellERdoc

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Suddenly, my job as an ER physician was boring. Not only Emma, but soon my friends and family were asking if I did "the stuff that Dr. Pimple Popper does." I know there are many more invasive procedures we perform in the ER that could be considered similar, but I couldn't think of them quickly enough. Yes, the ER gets busy.

IT 100

IT ER Patient-Centered Patients 100

StorytellERdoc

APRIL 23, 2014

Of dropping everything at that very moment to be at their parent's side during an Emergency Room visit. Often, it was the adult child who could convey just a little more history or provide just a bit more support that could make a difference in my course of treatment of their parent. Sam was her only immediate family left.

ER 100

ER Emergency Room Physicals IT 100

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I asked emergency medicine clinicians what they thought when a patient who is seriously ill and DNR comes to the ED, and some responded, (paraphrasing), what are they doing here? This is not why I went into emergency medicine. I went into emergency medicine to act. Why is that important in the emergency room?

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered Hospital IT Patients 77

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

She entertained her family. Thanksgiving’s coming up, you’re having your family, Christmas coming up. You’re going to go traveling to Hawaii with your family, and, you know, you want to die in January. And so I thought about it a while, called, and sure enough, they brought him up to the emergency room.

Patients 98

Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital 98

GeriPal

JULY 14, 2022

Lucky, Jim and many others like him were willing to come on to our podcast those first several months of the pandemic and share their experiences and lessons learned caring for COVID positive patients and their family members. . Or, if they were in the emergency room and decided to be admitted for comfort measures only, I would admit them.

Nurse Practitioner 136

Nurse Practitioner Patient-Centered Vaccination Emergency Room 136

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

And we would provide ongoing longitudinal care to them in the home, much like the Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors programs, and other programs like that. And the treatments are different than what hospice might provide in the home setting. I trained at Hopkins. We had, since the late seventies, a home-based primary care program.

Hospital 115

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115