In a moment where the adrenaline is pumping, how do you act, especially when your skills and your knowledge are needed?
In this episode, Dr. Laurie Garabedian shares a story about an ill passenger she encountered... on an airplane. When a flight attendant asked if there was a doctor onboard, she volunteered. Going up against a challenging presentation, and armed with few resources, Dr. Garabedian shares what happened next.
Guests: Dr. Paulo Alves, the global medical director of MedAire, and Joyce Labitan, a retired flight attendant, join to share their experiences and lessons learned.
Credits: Music is from Blue Dot Sessions. Cover artwork by Jose Perez. For a full list of credits, see firsts.site. Follow us on Instagram @FirstsPod.
16 Jul 2021
First Match: A Love Story
First match, first relationship, first heartbreak... This is the story of 2 aspiring doctors falling in and out of love.
Co-hosted by Tino and Joseph Cusi Delamerced. Special thanks to Theodore Peng and Greta Solinap for their interviews and musical performances. Other music from Blue Dot Sessions. Cover artwork by Jose Perez. Check out a full list of credits at firsts.site, and follow us on Instagram @FirstsPod.
18 Jun 2021
First and Last, Part 2
This episode is about death, dying, and dignity at the end of life. Lindsey Pileika, a fourth-year medical student, shares about the loss of her grandmother during med school and a pandemic. Dr. Angie Anderson, a specialist in pediatric care, and Ellen McCabe, the nurse practitioner who cared for Lindsey's grandmother, offer insights on comforting dying patients and their loved ones. And Lindsey's mom, Barbara Brosman, also shares her perspective on her family's experience with hospice care.
Cover Artwork by Jose Perez. Music from Blue Dot Sessions. See a full list of credits at firsts.site.
9 Feb 2021
First and Last, Part 1
Birth can be an amazing event to behold. I talk about my first time assisting with the delivery of a baby as a medical student. My grandmother shares a story about surviving a train crash while she was pregnant with my mom. Then, my mom opens up about her first two pregnancies: one a miscarriage, the other a delivery. Special thanks to: Pilar Cusi, Victoria Cusi, and Anna Delamerced. Cover Artwork by Jose Perez. Music from Blue Dot Sessions.
20 Aug 2020
First Reckoning
Our country, as well as the field of medicine, again is reckoning with racism. In this episode, we talk to Black medical students about the unique challenges that they face. Then we discuss how we can better support them.
27 Dec 2019
First Bites
Bogged down by debt, and strapped for time, medical students face food insecurity, too. This episode, we discuss the problem and think about solutions.
16 Oct 2019
First Movement
Instruments, but not the surgical kind. More than fifty researchers, students, and physicians play together as the Providence Medical Orchestra (PMO). This episode chronicles the group's first year.
29 Sept 2019
First Teachers
First time holding a heart. A pair of lungs. The human brain. Every day in anatomy lab is about finding something new. In this episode, 2 med students share the highs and lows of their anatomy experience. Plus, Larry Rizzolo, a professor at Yale, talks about lessons from anatomy... that aren't anatomy.
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