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A Day in the Life of an ER Doc
Every day, emergency departments see people on some of the hardest days of their lives. In this episode of Road to Resilience, host Stephen Calabria speaks with Dr. Nicholas Gavin, an emergency physician at Mount Sinai, about what it really means to work in the emergency department.
Dr. Gavin offers a simple but powerful perspective on resilience: it is a muscle that can be strengthened. By looking back at how we have navigated adversity before, we can draw on those experiences to face whatever comes next.
Stephen Calabria: From the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, this is Road to Resilience, a podcast about facing adversity. I'm your host, Stephen Calabria, Mount Sinai's director of podcasting.
Every day, people walk through the doors of an emergency department on what may be the worst day of their lives.
Sometimes a family arrives with minutes to spare, and an emergency physician has to make a life-changing decision with only the information in front of them.
But what does it actually mean to work in an emergency department? On this special edition of Road to Resilience, we take you inside a day in the life of an ER doctor with Dr.
Nicholas Gavin, an emergency physician at Mount Sinai.
Dr. Gavin walks us through the rhythm of an emergency department, opens up about the moments that stay with you, and ultimately about the role of resilience. Why it isn't about being unaffected by adversity, but about allowing yourself to [00:01:00] feel it and learn from it and to find a way forward.
Dr. Nicholas Gavin, welcome to Road to Resilience.
Nick Gavin: Thanks for having me.
Stephen Calabria: Many people only see an emergency department during one of the worst days of their entire lives. What would draw someone to work in emergency medicine?
Nick Gavin: So I think when I was considering what type of doc I would be, first of all, I had the background of growing up in New Jersey and serving as an EMT on my town's first aid squad.