45: Coding In The COVID-19 Era

Members of our community have faced huge personal and professional challenges during the COVID-19 response. Thank you for all that you do on the front lines. This episode of the Physician Grind Podcast is part of a series where physicians share how his or her practice has changed in the COVID-19 era. Emergency Medicine Physicians face countless patients in cardiac arrest during the course of their careers. This experience makes an EM Physician a master at leading codes. However, with all of the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, the way in which codes are run has changed. In this episode of the Physician Grind, an anonymous EM Physician describes her struggle in figuring out how she can be a code leader while keeping all of the staff and herself safe. Hear the full story at https://www.blog.numose.com/physician-podcast/coding-covid Emergency medicine has been hit hard by COVID-19. We train to be in the trenches, we train for nearly anything. But it's hard to train for a pandemic. This week, and always, we honor all of our colleagues in healthcare and on the frontlines as essential workers who have died of COVID-19. We are stronger together. Please reach out if you have a story to share or just want to talk. Take care and stay safe. Most importantly, if you are having thoughts of suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK) or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources. If you enjoyed this episode: Hit the subscribe button Leave a rating and review Links to the show: Home: https://www.blog.numose.com/physician-podcast iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-physician-grind-podcast/id1206740792 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/physician-grind/the-physician-grind-podcast?refid=stpr Connect with The Physician Grind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/numosemed/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/physiciangrind/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/numosemed Home Page: http://www.blog.numose.com