The Emergency Mind Podcast

Preparing ourselves to be the best during the worst--Stoic philosophy and emergency medicine with ER doctor Dan McCollum, MD

Working with the myth of perfection, learning to run your own race, and finding joy as you keep tuning your instrument, with Emily Rose, MD

Setting the tone in a critical case, optimizing signal to noise ratio for learning, and the joys of simulation with Andrew Eyre, MD MS Photo modified from by Tim Cooper on Unsplash

Mental training for big waves and deep dives with freediver, spearfisher, big-wave-surfer, and all-around great dude Bret Whitman. Photo modified from by Tim Marshall on Unsplash

Digging in about starting a mindfulness practice and the interaction of body, mind, and emotion in and out of crisis with licensed marriage and family therapist and super cool human Jodi Strock. Photo modified from by Keegan Houser on Unsplash

Digging in with multiple-time Brazilian Jiu Jitsu world champion Professor Gustavo Gasperin about learning and deploying skills under pressure, the importance of mindset, and choosing to relax instead of panic.

Algorithmic and improvisational thinking in music and in the ER with emergency doctor, ultrasound expert, and deeply cool human Dana Sajed, MD

Interview with MMA Coach Pete Panos about finding calm during a fight and balancing the physical and mental in our training.

Interview with Lieutenant Amy Hildreth, MD, from the Naval Medical Center in San Diego about training for the unexpected and eliminating opportunities for failure.

Sangfroid. Literally: "cold blooded," it' the ability to stay calm under pressure. In this episode, I talk about Sangfroid not as an innate talent but as a skill that each of us can develop, and about several ways we can start training sangfroid today.

Interview with Lieutenant Commander Andrea Austin, MD, from the Naval Trauma Training Center at USC + LA County about the importance of simulation and visualization training and pressure as a creative force.

An interview with Dr. Erik Anderson on the importance of compassion and humility in operating in high stress environments, ideas for working in low-resource rural emergencies, and moving fast and slow during the first minutes of a crisis.

A talk given in Venice, CA in 2019 about lessons learned while training in Emergency Medicine that anyone can use in their daily life to improve how they think and act during times of crisis.