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An excerpt from Side by Side with Heroes: Stories of an Ambulance Medic in Israel. The worst day of my life started out a normal day at Magen David Adom, the Israeli national ambulance service. At the end of a…
An excerpt from Side by Side with Heroes: Stories of an Ambulance Medic in Israel.
The worst day of my life started out a normal day at Magen David Adom, the Israeli national ambulance service.
At the end of a long shift, I was in the washroom with my pants around my ankles. Suddenly, I heard a loud and unmistakable beeping from the loudspeakers, followed by the call for all drivers …
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Stories of an ambulance medic in Israel
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The house is asleep, and I can't turn off my brain. I just cried my way through an episode of SEAL Team, especially the part where two SEALs are opening up to a psychologist about feeling broken. One says he's…
The house is asleep, and I can’t turn off my brain. I just cried my way through an episode of SEAL Team, especially the part where two SEALs are opening up to a psychologist about feeling broken. One says he’s tired of pretending he’s OK that he has PTSD and needs help. Later, he breaks down, and his wife folds him in her arms and tells him she’s there to …
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Don’t let medicine crush you
Conditions and diseases
I am a frontline health care worker. I am an emergency physician. I am also a mother to two glorious, growing, miraculous children and wife to a handsome triathlete stay at home dad. Additionally, I am one of three daughters…
I am a frontline health care worker. I am an emergency physician. I am also a mother to two glorious, growing, miraculous children and wife to a handsome triathlete stay at home dad. Additionally, I am one of three daughters to a pair of still practicing exceptional pediatricians in their late 70s, and sister to two strong, beautiful women. I am also a severe asthmatic only well controlled by puffers …
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I am an emergency physician. I risk my life for the future of our world.
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Relaxing on the couch, my family already in bed, watching TV to calm my mind before leaving for a busy night shift in my emergency department, I was shocked to see an advertisement that insulted me, my colleagues, and my…
Relaxing on the couch, my family already in bed, watching TV to calm my mind before leaving for a busy night shift in my emergency department, I was shocked to see an advertisement that insulted me, my colleagues, and my profession.
A trailer for a show called “Nurses” is shameful.
The idea behind the show is admirable — nurses do not get recognition from society for the work they do and the …
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Why a new TV show offends physicians
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There’s always so much to write about, and there’s never any time. I work too much; it’s become evident recently that I need to cut down. I have started noticing that things affect me much more than they ever did;…
There’s always so much to write about, and there’s never any time. I work too much; it’s become evident recently that I need to cut down. I have started noticing that things affect me much more than they ever did; there are days I hide my tears, and days I show my tears, when before the tears would have waited for the occasional (yes, occasional) shower. This is a function …
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