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The SARS-CoV-2 vaccine might allow health care workers to finally let go of their long buried silent pandemic rage

December 21, 2020 cconsilv 100 Comments

The other day, I received my vaccine against COVID-19 – a novel mRNA vaccine that will without hyperbole likely someday…

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Posted in: COVID-19, Uncategorized, Vaccines Filed under: COVID, healthcare workers, vaccine

Black Lives Matter: To Improve the Health of our Nation We Need More Black Doctors

August 29, 2020 cconsilv 1 Comment

So let’s get one thing out of the way: I am no expert on anything related to the African American…

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Posted in: affirmative action, black doctors, black lives matter, structural racism, Uncategorized Filed under: affirmative action, black doctors, black lives matter, medical school

A huge risk of the COVID-19 pandemic for which there is no personal protective equipment- and how we can prepare for it

March 27, 2020 cconsilv 2 Comments

I want so badly to write something hopeful. I wish I had some inspiring words that could make us feel…

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Posted in: COVID-19, social connectedness, Uncategorized Filed under: COVID19, pandemic, social connectedness

COVID-19 -If you are healthy- you might soon go stir crazy, but your boredom can be a heroic act.

March 14, 2020 cconsilv 1 Comment

So yesterday I went to an ICU meeting about the impending COVID-19 explosion sure to hit the hospitals en force…

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Posted in: COVID-19, Uncategorized Filed under: COVID 19 pandemic, social distancing

You are probably going to get the coronavirus…and need to mentally prepare for dealing with something far worse.

February 29, 2020 cconsilv 8 Comments

So the first thing to understand is that the novel COVID-19 coronavirus is not the zombie apocalypse. The fate of…

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Posted in: coronavirus, pandemic, Uncategorized Filed under: coronavirus, COVID 19, pandemic

Rethinking the Concept of the Diagnosis

February 28, 2019 cconsilv Leave a comment

It was my first day of my first rotation of my third year of medical school. I was starting a…

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Posted in: complementary and alternative medicine, medical school, Uncategorized Filed under: diagnosis

What’s it like to withdraw on patients in the ICU…and how we deal with it.

October 17, 2018 cconsilv 3 Comments

Sometimes in an ICU, a patient transforms in front of your eyes from a human being undergoing aggressive treatment with…

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Posted in: comfort care, compassion fatigue, critical care medicine, Uncategorized Filed under: comfort care, compassion fatigue, humor in medicine, ICU

Improving Our Health Without Health Insurance

August 5, 2018 cconsilv Leave a comment

One day, you may find yourself at a Friday evening dinner party with a group of random acquaintances and the…

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Posted in: Health Insurance, Health Promotion Filed under: Diet, Heath Insurance, Heath Promotion

Anthony Bourdain, Suicide, and Connectedness

June 19, 2018 cconsilv 4 Comments

Last week writer, chef, and long time travel host Anthony Bourdain took his own life while on location filming an…

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Posted in: Anthony Bourdain, Connectedness, suicide Filed under: Anthony Bourdain, suicide

How to be a Doctor in the Internet Age

May 3, 2018 cconsilv Leave a comment

One late night while I was working in the cardiothoracic ICU, a nurse called me to let me know the…

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Posted in: complementary and alternative medicine, intensive care medicine, internet, Uncategorized

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