Day in the Life
Why I'm A Physician In The Army National Guard
Sara explains why she chose to be a part-time physician in the Army National Guard.
Field Surgeon, Army National Guard
Sara explains why she chose to be a part-time physician in the Army National Guard.
BURDASH: When I came into the military, it was, I was looking into going to medicine, and I knew that there was an opportunity to be a medic. And so, I actually enlisted into the North Dakota National Guard as that one weekend a month, two weeks in the summer, when I was in high school thinking that man, being an Army medic is really going to prepare me for my career. So, I started there, I actually did some ROTC time in undergrad, and actually took my direct commission through the state of Minnesota, because this is where I did my medical school. And became an officer, and so when I look at my time, I started off almost kind of what can the Army give me, I’m going to be a medic, I’m going to learn the skill set, I’m going to get some experience, now that I’m older and I’m in medicine, I really see where the need is.
"I'm chief of a tactical resident interest group, which means I oversee the residents that are involved on local SWAT teams. I help them with their assignments, make sure that they have all the skills that they need, and that they're going to be a good asset to the team that they're assigned to. We do semi-annual skills verification. In a hospital, they have lots of resources, but here they have their skills, knowledge and what they can carry on their backs."
Emergency Medicine Resident, Air Force
"I'm chief of a tactical resident interest group, which means I oversee the residents that are involved on local SWAT teams. I help them with their assignments, make sure that they have all the skills that they need, and that they're going to be a good asset to the team that they're assigned to. We do semi-annual skills verification. In a hospital, they have lots of resources, but here they have their skills, knowledge and what they can carry on their backs."
"This box contains all of our training supplies. We have a lot of pressure dressings, training tourniquets, airway adjuncts and things that you need to take care of someone out in the field."
Emergency Medicine Resident, Air Force
"This box contains all of our training supplies. We have a lot of pressure dressings, training tourniquets, airway adjuncts and things that you need to take care of someone out in the field."
"The girls have a pneumatic rocket launcher they like to play with. It's a little bit of science, a little bit of fun, and I think they respond to that. Compressed air will propel a homemade rocket made out of pink duct tape (it has to be pink apparently) into the sky. One's aim has to be good so that the rocket doesn't land on any cars or anyone. There are several rockets that are sitting on the roof right now."
Orthopaedic Oncologist, Navy
"The girls have a pneumatic rocket launcher they like to play with. It's a little bit of science, a little bit of fun, and I think they respond to that. Compressed air will propel a homemade rocket made out of pink duct tape (it has to be pink apparently) into the sky. One's aim has to be good so that the rocket doesn't land on any cars or anyone. There are several rockets that are sitting on the roof right now."
"I live in Gig Harbor, Washington and the bay is literally two-and-a-half miles away from where I live, and so any day of the week I can drive or run down to the water."
Dermatologist, Navy
"I live in Gig Harbor, Washington and the bay is literally two-and-a-half miles away from where I live, and so any day of the week I can drive or run down to the water."
Training With A High-Fidelity Mannequin
Meet Moose, John's high-fidelity patient simulator mannequin that he uses for the tactical medical training exercise. Moose can be intubated, pumped full of blood and used to practice applying tourniquets to in any environment.
Emergency Medicine Resident, Air Force
Meet Moose, John's high-fidelity patient simulator mannequin that he uses for the tactical medical training exercise. Moose can be intubated, pumped full of blood and used to practice applying tourniquets to in any environment.
TRENTINI: This is Moose. This is our high-fidelity simulator. He’s a really rough and tough guy who we can intubate, we can start an IV on, we can do assessments on, put tourniquets on, pump him full of fake blood, and it makes it very realistic. And so we’re going to practice both tending to him out in the field and then extricating him out from some difficult environments and taking care of him from the back of a truck, so — should be a good day.
"My Ph.D. thesis started out as a collaboration between the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the Karolinska Institutet. I had been exploring ways to estimate the likelihood of survival in patients with metastatic cancer using a variety of machine learning techniques. This work helps guide surgical and medical decision-making in patients with metastatic bone disease."
Orthopaedic Oncologist, Navy
"My Ph.D. thesis started out as a collaboration between the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the Karolinska Institutet. I had been exploring ways to estimate the likelihood of survival in patients with metastatic cancer using a variety of machine learning techniques. This work helps guide surgical and medical decision-making in patients with metastatic bone disease."
"I was in college racing on an offshore sailing team. Since I was the lowest-ranking guy on the boat, I'm seen here pumping out the holding tanks from the head [toilet], seemingly with a big smile on my face."
Orthopaedic Oncologist, Navy
"I was in college racing on an offshore sailing team. Since I was the lowest-ranking guy on the boat, I'm seen here pumping out the holding tanks from the head [toilet], seemingly with a big smile on my face."
"This is my hockey jersey from when I was in med school at USUHS [Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences]. We were called the Fightin' Docs. I made some really good friends on the team who I still keep in touch with today."
Special Forces Battalion Surgeon, Army
"This is my hockey jersey from when I was in med school at USUHS [Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences]. We were called the Fightin' Docs. I made some really good friends on the team who I still keep in touch with today."
