Dr. Bonnie Hartstein: Optimizing the limited resource of EM physicians on the battlefield and improving the quality and safety of military healthcare.

Dr. Hartstein is a dual boarded Army Pediatrician and Emergency Medicine Physician and the Army Emergency Medicine Consultant to the Surgeon General. On this episode learn the role of emergency medicine physicians on the battlefield and the challenges that emergency medicine physicians face in the military. Dr. Hartstein also discusses mass casualty situations and activating a walking blood bank while deployed. She talks about her humanitarian work through the Army, and her work to improve quality and safety throughout military healthcare.  Find out more about COL (Dr.) Bonnie Hartstein at wardocspodcast.com/guest-bios and visit our webpage at wardocspodcast.com. See our other episodes about the unique opportunities and experiences in Military Medicine and please help us out by giving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts through this link https://apple.co/36YNlq1