“… The usual… morbid stuff…”
We welcome Sunny – our second guest to the show! We start off chatting about WORK during episodes 3 and 4. We then move onto REST & PLAY in episode 5.
At a Glance:
- Occupation: Doctor – “Emergency Specialist” working in the Emergency Department (ER) of hospitals.
- Relevant Industries: Medicine, Health Sciences
- Experience: 12 yrs+
- Studied:
- Medicine – Bachelor of Science (Medical Science)
- Bachelor of Medicine
- Bachelor of Surgery
In Summary:
For WORK, Sunny is a doctor – specifically an emergency specialist who currently works in the major hospitals in Sydney Australia, in the emergency department – perhaps better known as the ER section of the hospital.
She has over 12 years of experience in the industry and gives us a real life look into what it’s like to be a doctor in this area – she is a wealth of knowledge, advice, and insight about things such as:
- What is an Emergency Specialist?
- We decipher what is meant by intern, resident, registrar
- What a typical day is like for an Emergency Specialist
- We touch on some of the Crazy / morbid stuff she sees on a day to day basis
- We go deep into the sadder but necessary side of dealing with patient deaths
- And more!
I hope that has wet your appetite, so here we go!….. Please feel free … To listen to episode 3 ~
Podcast Content and Show Notes:
Please note that I have no affiliation with any products or companies which are referenced in the show notes / hyperlinks. They have been provided for reference purposes.
Also, timestamps may differ slightly by a few seconds.
| 00:03:05 | What is an “Emergency Specialist”. |
| 00:03:33 | The series “ER” (TV Series) VS Neighbours (TV series) VS Reality. |
| 00:04:07 | ER vs ED. |
| 00:06:00 | Emergency specialists work will generally work in ED, but they can do other things as well, such as retrievals (e.g.: via helicopter). |
| 00:07:01 | Primary healthcare VS secondary hospital VS tertiary hospital? |
| 00:10:06 | Understaffing in hospitals. |
| 00:10:30 | The Triage system in hospitals. |
| 00:11:25 | Doctors and the different types of specialties. |
| 00:12:18 | The Career Medical Officers. |
| 00:14:17 | Intern -> Residents -> Registrars (in Australia, it’s different in the United States!). |
| 00:16:37 | Certain specialties will have fellowships (a year of practical experience before becoming a fully qualified specialist). |
| 00:18:02 | More on Career Medical Officers. |
| 00:19:24 | Emergency specialists + other things (e.g.: dual specialties: emergency + pediatrics). |
| 00:20:08 | Terms in America and UK. |
| 00:21:38 | A typical day for an Emergency Specialist, Shift Work. |
| 00:24:08 | Do crazy long shifts exist? (24, 36hr shifts?) |
| 00:26:18 | Back to typical day, shift work, handing over, and learning to do so. |
| 00:31:33 | Intern and Resident rotations and their requirements. |
| 00:36:01 | Back to a typical day. |
| 00:25:48 | NUM – the Nursing Unit Manager. |
| 00:38:15 |
Medicine is also a bit of an art (not just a science). |
| 00:41:15 | The “time rule”, measuring the effectiveness of the ED, KPIs, and “bed block” |
| 00:50:16 | Specialties, and trainees. |
| 00:51:33 | The role of the Registrar. |
| 00:53:03 | What’s classified as an “emergency” in the ED? |
| 00:56:13 | General Practioner = Family Doctor |
| 00:56:39 | What crazy/Morbid stuff have you seen? |
| 00:58:47 | Does any of it make it hard for you to go to bed at night? |
| 00:59:04 | The first time she had to explain a death to a family. Dealing with the emotional aspects of the job and the importance of debriefing.’ |