Posted By : Ingrid Yang | Jul 17, 2020
Last week while on service in the hospital, one of the respiratory therapists said: “We are out of High flow nasal cannulas.” This struck fear in my heart. Let me...
Read MorePosted By : Ingrid Yang | Jul 15, 2020
The other day, I was interviewed by the U.S. News and World report regarding why someone would make the financial decision to become a physician. My best answer was: “You...
Read MorePosted By : Ingrid Yang | Jul 12, 2020
This week in the hospital, I was caring for a 46yo patient with a bowel obstruction; we’ll call him Edward (changed for privacy). He is strong and brave and never...
Read MorePosted By : Ingrid Yang | Jul 11, 2020
I saw this book on my patient’s bedside table yesterday. She was recently diagnosed with metastatic colorectal cancer. She is 41 years old. When I pointed out the book, she...
Read MorePosted By : Ingrid Yang | Jul 07, 2020
Who are you? I’m really asking. Who are you, really? We all want to believe that we will be cool as cucumbers when crisis hits. We think we’ll keep our...
Read MorePosted By : Ingrid Yang | Jul 03, 2020
This photo is composed of the countless doctors who died from COVID-19 worldwide. Zoom in. Look at the individual photos. Look at each face, who had a name, a family,...
Read MorePosted By : Ingrid Yang | Jul 02, 2020
Warning! Math coming your way! I wanted to dispel a common claim that masks disturb breathing. A coronavirus particle is 120 nanometers (nm) in diameter. Oxygen is 0.120 nm and...
Read MorePosted By : Ingrid Yang | Jun 25, 2020
We know how to slow the spread of the coronavirus. And it’s not rocket science. It’s just plain old, run-of-the-mill, everyday science. Just because our communities and restaurants are opening...
Read MorePosted By : Ingrid Yang | Jun 05, 2020
This morning, we physicians kneeled together in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds – the measure of time in which George Floyd was held down and asphyxiated until his...
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