I am honing my storytelling craft after thirty years as an emergency physician, mother, and observer of the human condition. I will be creating new entries and pulling in some of my published works. Thanks for coming along.
After Emergency Medicine…
#135 American Sirens: The Amazing EMS Origin Story
So you dial 9-1-1 and highly trained men and women arrive to begin advanced medical care on the scene. How did this all begin. Kevin Hazzard tells the exciting story in “American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America’s First Paramedics’
Read my review here.
#134 Docs Writing for Kids
Physicians are writing all sorts of self-help, mystery, romance, and non-fictions books. Two young physicians have taken on writing about medical topics and specialties for kids. Here are my reviews of several in the Medical School for Kids series.
# 133 First Look at India
#132 You can Change How You Think About Difficult Patients
A gift for suffering clinicians:
Some interactions with patients & families stink
we feel terrible
Learn how both sides react
Ask better questions
Find a hidden truth
Accept reality
You can change how you think about difficult patients