Cold Water Emergencies with Dr. Steve Mitchell
from Straight Stick Hosted by David Geller & Andrew Leith
For our third episode we're lucky to have as our guest Dr. Steve Mitchell. Steve Mitchell, M.D. is the medical director of the Emergency Department at Harborview Medical Center and a UW associate professor of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Mitchell earned his M.D. from the UW. He is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and a member of the Washington State American College of Emergency Physicians Board of Directors. Dr. Mitchell has clinical and research interests in pre-hospital emergency care and emergency department clinical operations. Prior to becoming a physician Dr. Mitchell was a Paramedic and a firefighter. In this episode David, Andrew and Dr. Mitchell talk about cold water emergencies. We also discuss some current events, include the tragic deaths of three firefighters from the Snyder Fire in Colorado. As noted in our intro, portions of this episode suffered some challenges to our audio quality, for which we greatly apologize. But, don't let that deter you from listening and hearing to what Dr. Mitchell shared with us.
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