1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class, a production 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: of I Heart Radio. Hello, and welcome to our casual 3 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 1: Friday chats behind the scenes of stuff you missed in 4 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: History Class. I'm Molly Fry, I'm Tracy V. Wilson, and 5 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: today it was Emergency Medicine Week. Today was Emergency Medicine Week. 6 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: That's where my brain's at. It's a little broken at 7 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: this point. Yeah, I I it took me a while 8 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: to work on this one because there's so much source 9 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: material and it's kind of hard to pick out which 10 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: things you want to focus on. And I am sure 11 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: there are elements in the history of emergency medicine in 12 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 1: the US that people are like, Oh, I wish you 13 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: had talked about that. I'm sorry we didn't. Can't do 14 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: at all. Yeah. Um, I was a little bit struck 15 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: because I am one of those people who is not 16 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: great about maintaining a regular GP. So I'm kind of 17 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: one of those jerks that's like at the emergency room 18 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: going something is going wrong and they're like, who's your GP, 19 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: And I'm like, I don't have one. I do right now. 20 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 1: I'm being very good. But yeah, as we were talking 21 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: about how people use it for outpatient care. I try 22 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 1: not to. I literally would not go if it weren't 23 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: an actual situation where I was like, we should address 24 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: this quickly. Uh. But I still realized, like it's better 25 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: to have baseline health knowledge yourself. So I encourage everyone 26 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: to do that if you can. Um. I I do 27 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: have a g P and I had been putting off 28 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: my physical not not by a long amount, Like I 29 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 1: was one of those things. I was like, Okay, when 30 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: I get back from vacation, I'm going to schedule that 31 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: physical and I would have been roughly on schedule for it, 32 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: but instead I got back from vacation and there was 33 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: a pandemic and they're like, there's physicals aren't happening. Physicals 34 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: are canceled. Yeah, I'm gonna have to do it later, 35 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: along with a lot of other chores that I was 36 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: also putting off. And so getting back from vacation well 37 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: and being in a pandemic has changed the way I 38 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: look at emergency care in general. And I know, like 39 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: I have seen videos made by doctors or they're like, 40 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: if you have an emergency situation, come to the emergency department, 41 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: we want to fix you. But like there was a night, 42 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: I was washing dishes these old plates that I've had 43 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: since college, so they are elderly. They're like thirty years old, 44 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,359 Speaker 1: and they're they're black glass plates, and one of them 45 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: just broke while I was washing, and it sliced open 46 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: my hand, and I'm standing there like watching a bleed, 47 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: and I'm like, how bad is this? Because like could 48 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 1: I do stitches by myself at home? Because I do 49 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: not want to go to a medical facility right now, 50 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: like one, like there's just the fact that there's potential 51 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: exposure to additional illness, but also like I would feel 52 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: like a jerk being like I cut my hand on 53 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: a dish when I know those nurses and doctors and 54 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: other medical staff are so slammed with a pandemic at 55 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: the moment. Yeah, I get daily updates from our mayor, 56 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: and one of the recent updates from the mayor was like, 57 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: we have a lot of reports of people who are 58 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: having emergencies not wanting to go to the emergency room 59 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: because you're afraid of overtaxing the medical system, which like 60 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: mass Massachusetts is a hotspot. Then there's um like it's 61 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: we have a field hospital that may reach capacity, like 62 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: it's it's a scary thing. But also he was like, 63 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 1: if you're having an emergency, please still go to the emergency, Like, 64 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: don't risk your life because you're afraid that either you 65 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: will cause a burden or that like you maybe exposed something. 66 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: Like they're taking all the precautions. Still try to get 67 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: treatment if you're having an emergency. For the record, my 68 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: hand is fine. It was just Gonna says. You know, 69 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: when you cut your hand, there are a lot of um, 70 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: a lot of capillaries and whatnot going on there. It 71 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: bleeds sometimes a lot. And I did. I don't want 72 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: to be graphic, but I did slice open some skin 73 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: and I was just kind of doing that like how 74 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: bad is this? And then it's fine, it's healed. Now 75 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: it's a UM. I have always said, you know, when 76 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: people say, like what job would you want to do 77 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: other than yours? What job would you never want to 78 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: do other than yours? I could not work in any 79 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: medical fields. Yeah. I just couldn't. And I'm not even 80 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 1: that squeamish. I just don't think I could do it right. 81 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: We I think have discussed on the show before that 82 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: I am not okay with vomit in a lot of contexts, 83 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 1: so that would be a disqualifier. One of the things 84 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: that surprised me in this uh these episodes this week, UM, 85 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: was I thought that the system was slightly newer than 86 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: it really was, because, like I said in the episode, 87 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: when I was a kid, we didn't have nine one 88 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: one at home. Like I still remember the number we 89 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: were supposed to call if there was a fire or 90 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: other emergency at our house, and it was not one. 91 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: And when we got onto nine one, and like, it 92 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 1: was a pretty big deal and that happened. I mean, 93 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: I was old enough to remember it, and I'm I 94 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: knew the old number well enough that I still remember it, 95 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: and I'm forty four years old. Um So, like I 96 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: I somehow thought that one had been developed in the eighties. 97 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 1: It was before that. Oh yeah, see, I was the opposite. 98 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,280 Speaker 1: I thought it had been developed way before that, and 99 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: it it really was not. It certainly wasn't implemented for 100 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: a long time in a lot of places. And now 101 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: I'm trying to remember when we when I was nine, 102 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: we moved from uh living outside Seattle in the Pacific Northwest, 103 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: where I believe we had nine one one, because I 104 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 1: vaguely remember having like a presentation about it at school 105 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,039 Speaker 1: to moving to a very rural beach community on the 106 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: Gulf Coast. And I don't think we had nine one 107 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: one there. But I also was a carefree, stupid kid 108 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: who didn't really think about emergencies anyway. In an emergency, 109 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: you call mom or dad. Yeah, I wonder now, I 110 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: feel like I should look that up. Did we have dad? 111 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: Did we have nine on one when we moved to Florida? Uh? 112 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: And I don't honestly know I had. I knew a 113 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: little bit about the Freedom House Ambulance service before we 114 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 1: did this episode. I did not realize the gravity of 115 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,600 Speaker 1: that service in terms of, like any ambulance that picks 116 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: you up for an emergency. Today, it's seeds are back 117 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 1: there at Freedom House. And I didn't know how poorly 118 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: those paramedics have been treated in terms of being told 119 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: they were not qualified for their own jobs. I'm not 120 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: surprised by it, but I didn't have And I knew 121 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: there was a certainly a racist element to that program 122 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: being shut down. Uh, and the politicians of Pittsburgh saying, no, 123 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: we're gonna start her own thing. But I didn't I 124 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 1: didn't realize that they were like, oh, you're not qualified 125 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: for this job, which is just seethingly angry making for 126 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: me because uh, what I would say is not appropriate 127 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: for a podcast that is heard sometimes by families and 128 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: younger listeners. Um, but it is not cool. I could 129 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: tell you that. Um. I also am struck by how 130 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: many I mean, we know, if you're drawn to medicine 131 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: as a field, you are someone who wants to give 132 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: of yourself and take care of others. But I really 133 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: like every one of these doctors that comes up in 134 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: these two episodes, like the way they are described by 135 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 1: colleagues long after they are gone, is all about how 136 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: like it's a life that is to me a little 137 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: bit terrifying. Like they didn't take breaks. Um, Nancy Caroline, 138 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 1: people would talk about how she never had like a 139 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: night sleep, she would get a few hours here and 140 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 1: there in the ambulance while she was working in between 141 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: calls or and like those kinds of lives are. It 142 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: really makes it clearer than ever that like we have 143 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: not been really appreciating the level of sacrifice that the 144 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: medical community in many cases gifts. UM. So again I 145 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: deeply thank everyone involved in caring for people, whether that 146 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: is during a pandemic or not. I've had surprise hospital 147 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: stays where there were some of those nurses I wanted 148 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: to hug and cry because I was so grateful for 149 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: them taking care of me. UM. So thank you to 150 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: all of the nurses and the doctors and the e 151 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 1: m t s and the paramedics. Again, I feel like 152 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: we can never thank you enough. I want to figure 153 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: out any ways to thank them. Still working on that 154 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 1: in my head. UM, but I think that pretty much 155 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: covers it for today. Otherwise I'll start crying because I 156 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: always do. I'm not laughing at you, but that was 157 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: like a yeah, you can, it's a valid I'm thinking 158 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:04,080 Speaker 1: ahead to what we're recording next where I UM. I 159 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: have picked a listener mail that I'm honestly not sure 160 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: I'm going to be able to read without crying. Well, 161 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: we will get through it in pieces. There's a little 162 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:15,079 Speaker 1: inside information is that sometimes we read things one sentence 163 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: at a time, ye might happen and then take breaks. 164 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: In our amazing UH, producer editor Casey cuts out all 165 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: of the pauses and the crying and they give me 166 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: a minutes and then UH, and then he makes it 167 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:35,839 Speaker 1: into an actual functioning discussion or sentence. 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