This is a special edition, EM cases podcast, and I'm Anton Hellman.

In a couple of minutes, you're going to hear my friend and mentor who you've probably heard on EM cases a few times before, Walter Hemmel.

He gave what many of us feel is his most powerful ever talk at the very recent first ever virtual EM cases summit.

All I did was ask him to tell us what he's learned in 40 years of practicing emergency

medicine.

And what did we get?

We got gold.

The pandemic has been very tough for all health care professionals.

The world is a different place.

Most of us have found our jobs really difficult.

I feel that there's a lot of anger and frustration out there, and I find that within myself sometimes, too.

Well, if you feel this way, you're not alone.

And there are ways of dealing with the adversity we face almost every day.

Put on your seat belts, because Dr. Himmel is going to take you through a whirlwind of ways to think about dealing with adversity and living a satisfying life in these difficult times.

This podcast will display a video of Dr. Himmel with his slide, so if you're not driving,

please watch the video.

40 years of emergency medicine, what have I learned? Well, that's quite a subject.

So here's my message to you. Thank you. What you do matters. You save lives

and save people every day and every moment. And you can do a lot of good and a lot of harm. First,

I want to thank two individuals. You're looking at them right now. I want to thank Anton Helman

and Scott Weingard, Antoine, every time I want to get lazy Hellman and Scott Weingard and God Helman.

Every time I want to get lazy, every time I lose my interest, he gets me a homework assignment.

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