The Emergency Mind Podcast

Looking back at a year of service during the COVID-19 pandemic, and looking ahead at what comes next with co-hosts Drs. Austin and Dworkis.

Mindfulness, performance, introspection, and building cultures of excellence with emergency physician Dr. Cheryl Martin

Building individual and team expertise in high-pressure performance in emergency and aeromedical retrieval medicine, with Dr. Stephen Hearns

Processing and responding to bias, aggression, and prejudice while performing under pressure, with ER doctor and educator Resa Lewiss, MD.

Owning your role in difficult situations, building iterative self improvement, embracing feedback, and much more, with emergency pharmacist, toxicologist, and professor at Harvard medical school Bryan Hayes, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT, FASHP.

Creating space for calm action under pressure, connecting to our common humanity, and the power of pausing to reflect, with emergency physician and podcaster Dr. Phindile Chowa

Understanding cognitive load theory during a crisis, measuring expertise, building systems to improve performance, and more, with emergency doctor and cognitive load expert Dr. Adam Szulewski. ​

How preparation leads to success, communicating across disciplines, and the interface of clinical pharmacy and emergency medicine with pharmacist and educator Jimmy L. Pruitt III, PharmD, BCPS.

How to focus your mind during a crisis, build a deeper joy in your work, and raise the average of your everyday, with ER doctor, educator, and stoic Christina Shenvi, MD PhD

How to make better decisions under pressure, with world-class decision expert and former pro poker player Annie Duke: the power of the unexpected, looking for dispersion, and maximizing on our ability to rapidly update mental models.

On building technical and emotional protocols to succeed in high pressure pediatric cases, screaming during math class, the value of theater in emergency medicine and much more with ER doctor and Pediatric Emergency Medicine specialist Lauren Allister, MD.

ER doctor Chris Taicher on being clear about your personal why, then focusing on the gritty details of how you accomplish it.

On the big and little things individuals and teams need to do to set up to perform under pressure and succeed when it matters the most, with Kristen Holmes, VP of Human Performance at WHOOP.

On defining success in emergencies for individuals and teams, the importance of compassion, and more, with ER doctor and Stanford Professor Al'ai Alvarez, MD

On building the structures needed to succeed at resuscitation, synthesizing knowledge, and finding story arcs in unpredictable times, with ER Doctor and Professor of Emergency Medicine Felix Ankel.

On becoming lifelong students of human performance, with Kent Yoshimura and Ryan Chen: deep thinkers, martial artists, and co-founders of Neuro, a high-performance health and wellness company.

Advice on starting new phases of life and responsibility and on learning to fail productively with ER doctor Ramin Tabatabi, MD, from LAC+USC.

Exploring different types of stress, thinking about what leaders look like in emergencies, and recognizing that we are not yet our best selves with ER doctor Adaira Landry, MD.

Bringing your humanity into your work, applying algorithmic thinking without becoming a robot, and functioning at the edge of uncertainty with ER doctor Emily Brumfield, MD.

Bonus round with ER doctor Derek Monette about processing difficult emotions from complex cases both on and off shift.

Mastering appropriate focus in the moment and letting go of perfection, with ER doctor Kimo Takayesu, MD

Sticking to the goal, not the plan, the importance of shared mental models, and being mentally flexible during an emergency with ER doctor Derek Monette, MD.

Four minutes of pre-shift mindfulness. A guided meditation to help get you ready for whatever COVID-19 (or anything else) sends your way.

Finding purpose, hope, and forward movement during the Corona Pandemic with ER doctor Lieutenant Commander Andrea Austin, MD.

How disposing of an explosive device is like approaching a sick patient, how training the basics will save your lives and the lives of others, and how to improve your performance in real-world, potentially unstable situations.