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Aula Ramo is an internal medicine resident.

A physician who knows the power of listening and teamwork

Aula Ramo, MD
Physician
July 10, 2020

Standing in the hallway, I look attentively to the computer screen while the attending skims the records. “This is a longstanding patient of mine.  I’m just going to have you listen while we do a visit with our psychologist,” he says. With the paucity of chairs, I stand. I wondered if it would add an unnecessary sense of urgency to the seemingly comforting timelessness to my attending and psychologist’s voices, …

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A physician who knows the power of listening and teamwork

What happens when patient capacity and autonomy diverge?

Aula Ramo, MD
Physician
July 6, 2020

“I can’t take this, doc. It’s gonna kill me. I can’t. I just can’t,” exclaims my patient with persistent refusal of his medication. My frustration is met with my patient care team’s hesitation to give him the medication with fear of further conflict and possible escalation to violence.  But who’s at fault? Any of us? All of us?

My second patient, lying on the MRI table, shaking his head swiftly in …

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What happens when patient capacity and autonomy diverge?

A new ICU reality that may not disappear soon

Aula Ramo, MD
Conditions
June 23, 2020

Barriers. Barriers of yellow tape and plastic mark our makeshift rooms. Red zippers define the “ENTER” and “EXIT.” In the middle is a window of still clearer plastic, partially obscured by taped ECGs. Barriers are put up to keep us safe, but they can do so much more, if we let them.

A tap on the plastic window has become the universal command of attention from the nurses, residents, and respiratory …

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A new ICU reality that may not disappear soon

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