Hello, students. My name is Mike Estefan, and I thank you for joining me today on the EM Clerkship Podcast.

On today's episode, we have a very special guest joining us.

Stephanie Pearson, the CEO of Pearson Rabbits, is here with me today to talk about disability insurance.

Now, I know what you're probably thinking, and I'll

just say it out loud right now. Our goal today is not necessarily to bring business to Pearson

Rabbits. This is not an advertisement. The whole purpose of this episode is just to help educate

up-and-coming physicians on the importance of disability insurance, and what better way to do so by having Stephanie share her own personal story.

So without further ado, I'd like to introduce Stephanie Pearson of Pearson Rapids.

Hi guys, I am Stephanie Pearson. I am an OBGYN by training. Unfortunately, I sustained a career-ending injury

during a difficult patient delivery, and I learned a lot the hard way about disability insurance.

Stephanie, why don't you tell us the story from start to finish?

I've heard the story in bits and pieces.

I myself haven't heard all the details.

I've shared bits and pieces with our listeners, but I don't think there is a better way to teach

about the importance of having disability insurance before something bad happens to you than to have an

experience like this yourself? Yes. So I was called down to the labor floor to do a

precipitous delivery and I walked in. She's actually one of my favorite patients. I had delivered

three of her babies, which doesn't happen

very often. Baby number four should have just fallen out. My six-year-old at the time should have

been able to do that delivery with a little help. Instead, she was complete. It was too late to get an epid epidural she wouldn't sit still enough for me to give

her a pudendal she was actually climbing up the back of the bed and you may have experienced that

before on rotations it is in fact called labor not a walk in park. And I had six nurses in the room helping me to keep her in position.

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