Thread by @WesElyMD

1/🧵ICU Burn-Out Prevention in #COVID: a few thoughts
 
Early on as an ICU Doc, I carried a lot of shame because I realized that even though I sufficed as a technician and possessed the right knowledge, I was NOT doing a good job as a “person” with “people.”
 
#burnout #nurse

2/ Which is to say, I was only “good” doctor on paper. NOT in real life.

I kept myself at too much of a distance, and I thought my job was to do procedures well and provide the right medicines.

Now I know that was not enough, not by a LONG SHOT.

3/ 📚 I wrote: “That shot of adrenaline from saving a life dissipated once the ventilator was in place…as if we handed over care of our patients to machines while we went off & intubated, sedated & paralyzed the next person...

P.58 #EveryDeepDrawnBreath

4/… “My noble mission of saving lives had turned into a conveyor belt of care.”
 
Have you ever felt like your physician was viewing you in a robotic mindset?

I am sorry for all the times I did this. I wish I could apologize to each patient.

My answer: do better today…

5/fin
The answer is whole person, humanistic care.

This is a burnout prevention program.

Stop 🛑

See each person as an entire magnificent human being…each an entire WORLD 🌎

Cada personal es en mundo. 🎁

Covid only prevents this if I let it. I won’t let it.

Will you?