Spread the word – Covid isn’t gone.

This story is getting old, but seems like it still needs to be told over and over again. I just admitted a COVID patient who is young (early 30s) and has no medical problems who went from room air to requiring HFNC (remember the equipment I said was running...
“We’re running low.”

“We’re running low.”

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 explain what that means and why this is so terrifying. For me, for you, for everyone you know. In the...
“Medicine is not a job, it is a calling.”

“Medicine is not a job, it is a calling.”

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 don’t go into medicine to become rich, or famous, and definitely not to be well-rested. You go...